DE72
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Borrowash, Breaston and Draycott, in Erewash 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 DE72 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 52% of people in DE72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE72 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE72 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE72 at a rate of 49.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 102 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE72.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (414), other crime (196) and anti-social behaviour (132).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE72 was 52.8 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 DE72, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE72 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 DE72
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erewash 008A | 1,201 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 70.1% |
| Erewash 009A | 1,293 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Erewash 009B | 1,638 | 32.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Erewash 009C | 1,469 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Erewash 009D | 1,326 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Erewash 009E | 1,441 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Erewash 011A | 1,448 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Erewash 013A | 1,348 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Erewash 013B | 1,575 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.8% |
| Erewash 013C | 1,499 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| Erewash 013D | 1,525 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.2% |
| South Derbyshire 004A | 1,652 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.2% |
| South Derbyshire 004B | 2,120 | 22.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.7% |
MPs for DE72
- Adam ThompsonLabourMP for Erewash38% of DE72’s postcodes
- Jonathan DaviesLabourMP for Mid Derbyshire32% of DE72’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire29% of DE72’s postcodes
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire0.7% of DE72’s postcodes
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South0.2% of DE72’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 DE722
Postcode sectors in DE722
Councils DE72 covers2
Postcode districts next to DE726
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DE postcode area2
DE72 in brief
DE72 is a postcode district covering Borrowash, Breaston and Draycott, in Erewash and South Derbyshire.
About 21,011 people lived in DE72 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 341 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE72 was £275,000 in 2025.
DE72 had 20,645 usual residents at the census.
About 52% of people in DE72 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE72, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.