DE6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ashbourne, in Derbyshire Dales and East Staffordshire.
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 DE6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 48% of people in DE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE6 at a rate of 47.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 106 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (548), other crime (314) and anti-social behaviour (144).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE6 was 42.7 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 DE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE6 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire Dales 008A | 1,924 | 68.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.3% |
| Derbyshire Dales 008C | 1,578 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 48.5% |
| Derbyshire Dales 008D | 1,857 | 20.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 11.5% |
| Derbyshire Dales 009A | 1,797 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.8% |
| Derbyshire Dales 009B | 1,835 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.2% |
| Derbyshire Dales 009C | 2,134 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.6% |
| Derbyshire Dales 009D | 1,762 | 113.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.9% |
| Derbyshire Dales 010A | 2,002 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 59.5% |
| Derbyshire Dales 010B | 1,844 | 26.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.0% |
| Derbyshire Dales 010C | 2,683 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.2% |
| Derbyshire Dales 010D | 1,737 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 41.4% |
| East Staffordshire 001E | 2,018 | 33.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 69.9% |
MPs for DE6
- John WhitbyLabourMP for Derbyshire Dales77% of DE6’s postcodes
- Jacob CollierLabourMP for Burton and Uttoxeter10% of DE6’s postcodes
- Jonathan DaviesLabourMP for Mid Derbyshire5.6% of DE6’s postcodes
- Dame Karen BradleyConservativeMP for Staffordshire Moorlands3.8% of DE6’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire2.7% of DE6’s postcodes
- Dave RobertsonLabourMP for Lichfield0.1% of DE6’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 DE63
Postcode sectors in DE66
Councils DE6 covers2
Towns in DE61
Postcode districts next to DE610
More in the DE postcode area2
DE6 in brief
DE6 is a postcode district covering Ashbourne, in Derbyshire Dales and East Staffordshire.
About 27,208 people lived in DE6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £351,000 in 2025 across 376 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 47.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE6 was £351,000 in 2025.
DE6 had 26,590 usual residents at the census.
About 48% of people in DE6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE6, 64.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.