DE5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ripley, in Amber Valley.
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 DE5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in DE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE5 at a rate of 101.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 178 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,105), other crime (417) and anti-social behaviour (281).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE5 was 110.4 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 DE5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE5 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley 005A | 1,373 | 90.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.4% |
| Amber Valley 005D | 1,326 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Amber Valley 005E | 1,854 | 282.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.3% |
| Amber Valley 005F | 1,406 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Amber Valley 006B | 1,283 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Amber Valley 006C | 1,518 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Amber Valley 006D | 1,358 | 123.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.2% |
| Amber Valley 006E | 1,152 | 50.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.7% |
| Amber Valley 008A | 2,077 | 57.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Amber Valley 008B | 1,492 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Amber Valley 008D | 1,999 | 221.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.3% |
| Amber Valley 008E | 1,322 | 98.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Amber Valley 008F | 1,507 | 105.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Amber Valley 015B | 2,008 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.9% |
Your MP
- Linsey FarnsworthLabourMP for Amber Valley
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 DE53
Postcode sectors in DE54
Council1
Towns in DE51
Postcode districts next to DE55
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DE postcode area2
DE5 in brief
DE5 is a postcode district covering Ripley, in Amber Valley.
About 23,479 people lived in DE5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £222,500 in 2025 across 413 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 101.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE5 was £222,500 in 2025.
DE5 had 22,450 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in DE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE5, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.