DE7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ilkeston, Cotmanhay and Shipley Common, in Erewash.
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 DE7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in DE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE7 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 449 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,310), other crime (894) and anti-social behaviour (732).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE7 was 101.5 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 DE7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE7 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley 012E | 2,557 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| Amber Valley 015D | 1,120 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| Amber Valley 015E | 1,533 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Erewash 001A | 1,411 | 172.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Erewash 001B | 1,439 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Erewash 001C | 1,550 | 187.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Erewash 001D | 1,289 | 92.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Erewash 001E | 1,338 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Erewash 003A | 1,951 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Erewash 003B | 1,860 | 131.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Erewash 003C | 1,362 | 329.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| Erewash 003D | 1,529 | 260.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Erewash 003E | 1,764 | 245.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.7% |
| Erewash 003F | 1,268 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| Erewash 004C | 2,224 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| Erewash 005A | 1,311 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Erewash 005B | 1,736 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Erewash 005C | 1,633 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.0% |
| Erewash 005D | 1,390 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.1% |
| Erewash 006A | 1,936 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| Erewash 006B | 2,348 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Erewash 006C | 1,130 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Erewash 006D | 1,362 | 187.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Erewash 006E | 1,466 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Erewash 007A | 1,463 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Erewash 007B | 1,652 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Erewash 007C | 1,383 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Erewash 007D | 1,465 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Erewash 016A | 1,268 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Erewash 016B | 1,540 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Erewash 016C | 1,374 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Erewash 016D | 1,708 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| Erewash 016E | 1,212 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
MPs for DE7
- Adam ThompsonLabourMP for Erewash79% of DE7’s postcodes
- Jonathan DaviesLabourMP for Mid Derbyshire13% of DE7’s postcodes
- Linsey FarnsworthLabourMP for Amber Valley7.8% of DE7’s postcodes
- Juliet CampbellLabourMP for Broxtowe0.3% of DE7’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.
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Council1
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Nearest rail stations1
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DE7 in brief
DE7 is a postcode district covering Ilkeston, Cotmanhay and Shipley Common, in Erewash.
About 51,867 people lived in DE7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 743 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE7 was £195,000 in 2025.
DE7 had 51,033 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in DE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE7, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.