DE21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Spondon and Oakwood, 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 DE21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 38% of people in DE21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE21 at a rate of 94.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 509 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,295), other crime (992) and anti-social behaviour (621).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE21 was 101.4 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 DE21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE21 has no single figure. Of its 37 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 003A | 1,942 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.0% |
| Derby 003B | 1,490 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.8% |
| Derby 003C | 1,332 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| Derby 003D | 1,478 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 003E | 1,318 | 16.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Derby 003F | 1,379 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 58.9% |
| Derby 003G | 1,463 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Derby 004A | 1,804 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| Derby 004B | 1,471 | 85.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.1% |
| Derby 004C | 1,509 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Derby 004D | 1,537 | 90.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Derby 006A | 1,483 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Derby 006B | 1,503 | 65.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Derby 006C | 1,351 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Derby 006D | 1,601 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.1% |
| Derby 006E | 1,483 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Derby 007A | 1,604 | 169.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Derby 007B | 1,732 | 103.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Derby 007C | 1,545 | 304.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Derby 007D | 1,611 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| Derby 007E | 1,478 | 167.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Derby 010A | 1,394 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.8% |
| Derby 010B | 1,294 | 19.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Derby 010C | 1,510 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.3% |
| Derby 010D | 1,399 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 012A | 1,531 | 131.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Derby 012B | 1,284 | 126.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Derby 012C | 1,640 | 180.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Derby 012D | 1,585 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Derby 012E | 1,556 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Derby 012F | 1,436 | 242.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Derby 014A | 1,438 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Derby 014B | 2,451 | 134.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.2% |
| Derby 014C | 1,581 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Derby 014D | 1,584 | 70.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.7% |
| Erewash 004A | 1,764 | 30.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Erewash 004B | 1,820 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 42.3% |
MPs for DE21
- Jonathan DaviesLabourMP for Mid Derbyshire54% of DE21’s postcodes
- Catherine AtkinsonLabourMP for Derby North44% of DE21’s postcodes
- Linsey FarnsworthLabourMP for Amber Valley1.1% of DE21’s postcodes
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South0.7% of DE21’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 DE218
Postcode sectors in DE215
Council1
Towns in DE211
Postcode districts next to DE216
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DE postcode area2
DE21 in brief
DE21 is a postcode district covering Derby, Spondon and Oakwood, in Derby.
About 58,587 people lived in DE21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 775 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 94.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE21 was £215,000 in 2025.
DE21 had 58,109 usual residents at the census.
About 38% of people in DE21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE21, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.