DE3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Mickleover and Littleover, in Derby 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 DE3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in DE3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE3 at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (483), other crime (206) and anti-social behaviour (161).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE3 was 47.1 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 DE3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE3 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 015A | 1,368 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 015B | 1,340 | 43.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 015C | 2,587 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Derby 015D | 1,338 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Derby 015E | 2,530 | 48.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Derby 019B | 1,371 | 18.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Derby 019C | 1,495 | 52.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Derby 019D | 1,330 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Derby 019E | 1,337 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Derby 021C | 1,706 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| South Derbyshire 001A | 2,887 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 89.9% |
MPs for DE3
- Catherine AtkinsonLabourMP for Derby North83% of DE3’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire17% of DE3’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 DE32
Postcode sectors in DE32
Councils DE3 covers2
Towns in DE31
Postcode districts next to DE34
More in the DE postcode area2
DE3 in brief
DE3 is a postcode district covering Derby, Mickleover and Littleover, in Derby and South Derbyshire.
About 20,935 people lived in DE3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £300,000 in 2025 across 411 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE3 was £300,000 in 2025.
DE3 had 18,911 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in DE3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE3, 99.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.