DE73
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Chellaston and Shelton Lock, in South Derbyshire and Derby.
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 DE73 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 60% of people in DE73 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DE73 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE73 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE73 at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 108 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE73.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (505), other crime (255) and anti-social behaviour (195).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE73 was 63.5 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 DE73, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE73 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE73
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 030E | 1,314 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Derby 030F | 1,783 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.6% |
| Derby 030G | 1,271 | 82.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Derby 031A | 1,487 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Derby 031B | 2,078 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.8% |
| Derby 031C | 1,590 | 51.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Derby 031D | 1,937 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| North West Leicestershire 001A | 1,099 | 131.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.8% |
| South Derbyshire 004C | 2,502 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.3% |
| South Derbyshire 006B | 1,725 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.1% |
| South Derbyshire 006C | 2,001 | 47.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.0% |
| South Derbyshire 006D | 1,538 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.8% |
MPs for DE73
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire46% of DE73’s postcodes
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South45% of DE73’s postcodes
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire9.3% of DE73’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 DE732
Postcode sectors in DE734
Councils DE73 covers2
Towns in DE731
Postcode districts next to DE737
More in the DE postcode area2
DE73 in brief
DE73 is a postcode district covering Derby, Chellaston and Shelton Lock, in South Derbyshire and Derby.
About 21,941 people lived in DE73 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £286,000 in 2025 across 337 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE73 was £286,000 in 2025.
DE73 had 21,186 usual residents at the census.
About 60% of people in DE73 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE73, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.