DE23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Littleover and Normanton, in 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 DE23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DE23, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DE23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE23 at a rate of 103.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across DE.
In August 2026 alone, 692 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,386), other crime (1,488) and anti-social behaviour (1,044).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE23 was 103.5 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 DE23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE23 has no single figure. Of its 34 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 DE23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 016B | 2,019 | 183.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Derby 016C | 2,310 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Derby 016D | 2,041 | 48.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Derby 016E | 2,372 | 250.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Derby 017B | 1,812 | 83.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.0% |
| Derby 017C | 2,365 | 345.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.3% |
| Derby 017D | 1,693 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
| Derby 018A | 2,021 | 130.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.8% |
| Derby 018C | 2,183 | 175.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| Derby 018D | 2,169 | 116.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Derby 018E | 2,636 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Derby 018G | 1,269 | 268.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 81.7% |
| Derby 019A | 1,650 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Derby 020A | 2,092 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Derby 020B | 2,364 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Derby 020C | 2,639 | 72.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Derby 020D | 1,861 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Derby 021A | 2,331 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 021B | 1,790 | 87.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Derby 021D | 1,876 | 54.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Derby 021E | 1,716 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.5% |
| Derby 022A | 1,562 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Derby 022B | 1,521 | 28.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Derby 022C | 1,547 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Derby 022D | 1,681 | 49.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Derby 023A | 2,570 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Derby 023B | 2,091 | 201.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Derby 023C | 1,746 | 102.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Derby 023D | 2,126 | 120.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Derby 027A | 1,626 | 47.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Derby 027B | 1,565 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Derby 027C | 1,914 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Derby 027D | 1,835 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| South Derbyshire 003F | 2,461 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for DE23
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South65% of DE23’s postcodes
- Catherine AtkinsonLabourMP for Derby North31% of DE23’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire4.2% of DE23’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 DE238
Postcode sectors in DE236
Council1
Towns in DE231
Postcode districts next to DE235
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DE postcode area2
DE23 in brief
DE23 is a postcode district covering Derby, Littleover and Normanton, in Derby.
About 71,480 people lived in DE23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £215,000 in 2025 across 533 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE23 was £215,000 in 2025.
DE23 had 66,691 usual residents at the census.
In DE23, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DE23, 6.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.