DE12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Measham and Moira, in North West Leicestershire and South Derbyshire.
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 DE12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 20% of people in DE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE12 at a rate of 56.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (530), other crime (261) and anti-social behaviour (168).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE12 was 55.2 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 DE12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE12 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West Leicestershire 008B | 2,045 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.6% |
| North West Leicestershire 008D | 1,362 | 50.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 62.8% |
| North West Leicestershire 008E | 1,522 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 70.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 012A | 2,470 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 11.0% |
| North West Leicestershire 012B | 2,070 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.2% |
| North West Leicestershire 012C | 1,731 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 89.1% |
| North West Leicestershire 012D | 1,570 | 99.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 83.5% |
| South Derbyshire 011A | 2,340 | 79.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.5% |
| South Derbyshire 011B | 1,671 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| South Derbyshire 011D | 1,642 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.4% |
| South Derbyshire 011E | 1,701 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 47.7% |
| South Derbyshire 011F | 2,066 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.5% |
MPs for DE12
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire38% of DE12’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire37% of DE12’s postcodes
- Dr Luke EvansConservativeMP for Hinckley and Bosworth24% of DE12’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 DE123
Postcode sectors in DE123
Councils DE12 covers2
Postcode districts next to DE128
More in the DE postcode area2
DE12 in brief
DE12 is a postcode district covering Measham and Moira, in North West Leicestershire and South Derbyshire.
About 23,249 people lived in DE12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £252,500 in 2025 across 327 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE12 was £252,500 in 2025.
DE12 had 22,078 usual residents at the census.
About 20% of people in DE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE12, 80.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.