# DE21 5LG: area report for a postcode in Erewash

DE21 5LG is a postcode in Erewash.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Erewash. Open the map at DE21 5LG for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) › [DE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21) › [DE21 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21-5)

## Around this postcode

- **1 crime within 500 m**: August, the same as July. Erewash 004B: 50 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **Derby, 4.1 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **No property in DE21 5LG listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Erewash 004B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **£217,941 average price**: For the whole of Erewash, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 2 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **No supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 1 km away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **No gigabit broadband at DE21 5LG**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **Low road and rail noise at DE21 5LG**: Road 52 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG
- **12.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Breadsall CofE VC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/breadsall-cofe-vc-primary-school-e112805) | Primary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, November 2022 | 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Andrew's Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-academy-e147132) | Special | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2024 | – |
| [Breadsall Hill Top Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/breadsall-hill-top-primary-school-e144624) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Da Vinci Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/da-vinci-academy-e144066) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 35.0 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Parkview Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkview-primary-school-e131799) | Primary | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Giles' Spencer Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-giles-spencer-academy-e147558) | Special | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | School remains Outstanding, May 2024 | – |
| [Roe Farm Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/roe-farm-primary-school-e131401) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2024 | 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Beaufort Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaufort-primary-school-e146877) | Primary | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), November 2023 | 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| August 2023 | £460,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| December 2023 | £632,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 100 m |
| June 2026 | £264,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 120 m |
| February 2026 | £450,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2025 | £625,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| January 2025 | £295,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 160 m |
| December 2025 | £560,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 170 m |
| January 2025 | £530,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 220 m |

## Within 1 km

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £217,941** (July 2026). Erewash’s average house price was £217,941 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 2.3% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,290** (2025). Full-time workers living in Erewash earned a median of £36,290 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 104th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 6.0×** (2025). A home in Erewash costs 6.0 times local full-time pay. Joint 93rd most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 20.7** (2025). Erewash has a deprivation score of 20.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 127th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Erewash 004B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 9.3** (2025). Erewash 004B has a deprivation score of 9.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,844th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £411,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Erewash 004B was £411,000 in 2025. Joint 8,152nd most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,820** (2021). Erewash 004B had 1,820 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 9,275th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 42.3%** (January 2026). In Erewash 004B, 42.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## DE21 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £215,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DE21 was £215,000 in 2025. Joint 482nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 58,109** (2021). DE21 had 58,109 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 109th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 38%** (2022). About 38% of people in DE21 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.2%** (January 2026). In DE21, 94.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash)
- Centre: 52.9524, -1.4508

Council: [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash) (District, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Mid Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-derbyshire): Jonathan Davies (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.4508,52.9524,DE215LG

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21-5lg.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21-5lg