DE1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Litchurch and The Holmes, in Derby.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DE1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 11% of people in DE1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE1 at a rate of 482.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 833 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,223), other crime (1,929) and anti-social behaviour (1,142).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE1 was 450.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DE1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE1 has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 008A | 1,942 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Derby 008B | 1,802 | 392.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.6% |
| Derby 008C | 2,599 | 179.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Derby 008D | 1,901 | 130.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.5% |
| Derby 011D | 1,574 | 143.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.4% |
| Derby 013G | 1,578 | 1,744.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.9% |
| Derby 013H | 1,604 | 410.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.3% |
| Derby 016A | 2,188 | 751.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Derby 018F | 1,286 | 415.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.0% |
MPs for DE1
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South62% of DE1’s postcodes
- Catherine AtkinsonLabourMP for Derby North38% of DE1’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire0.1% of DE1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DE11
Postcode sectors in DE15
Council1
Towns in DE11
Postcode districts next to DE14
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DE postcode area2
DE1 in brief
DE1 is a postcode district covering Derby, Litchurch and The Holmes, in Derby.
About 19,569 people lived in DE1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 167 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 482.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE1 was £165,000 in 2025.
DE1 had 17,058 usual residents at the census.
About 11% of people in DE1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE1, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.