DE24
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Derby, Sinfin and Boulton, in Derby 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 DE24 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DE24, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DE24 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE24 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE24 at a rate of 131.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across DE.
In August 2026 alone, 736 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE24.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (3,705), other crime (1,421) and anti-social behaviour (1,031).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE24 was 123.9 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 DE24, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE24 has no single figure. Of its 36 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DE24
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby 024A | 1,375 | 101.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Derby 024B | 1,560 | 151.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Derby 024C | 1,396 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| Derby 024E | 1,641 | 154.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.0% |
| Derby 024F | 1,591 | 261.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Derby 025A | 1,878 | 114.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Derby 025B | 1,611 | 161.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Derby 025C | 1,686 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Derby 025D | 1,704 | 207.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Derby 025E | 1,520 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| Derby 025F | 1,542 | 84.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Derby 026A | 2,364 | 331.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| Derby 026B | 1,791 | 84.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Derby 026C | 1,912 | 201.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Derby 026D | 1,854 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Derby 026E | 2,317 | 122.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.0% |
| Derby 026F | 2,203 | 212.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Derby 028A | 1,521 | 195.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Derby 028B | 1,458 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| Derby 028C | 1,541 | 135.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Derby 028D | 1,699 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Derby 028E | 1,460 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Derby 029A | 2,057 | 185.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Derby 029B | 2,041 | 137.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Derby 029C | 1,789 | 158.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Derby 029D | 1,677 | 92.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Derby 029E | 1,564 | 191.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Derby 029F | 1,675 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Derby 030B | 1,447 | 171.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Derby 030C | 1,518 | 97.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Derby 030D | 1,344 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.5% |
| South Derbyshire 003A | 2,556 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| South Derbyshire 003B | 1,348 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| South Derbyshire 003C | 1,342 | 40.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| South Derbyshire 004E | 1,492 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| South Derbyshire 004F | 1,522 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
MPs for DE24
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South85% of DE24’s postcodes
- Samantha NiblettLabourMP for South Derbyshire15% of DE24’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 DE248
Postcode sectors in DE246
Councils DE24 covers2
Towns in DE241
Postcode districts next to DE246
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DE postcode area2
DE24 in brief
DE24 is a postcode district covering Derby, Sinfin and Boulton, in Derby and South Derbyshire.
About 62,520 people lived in DE24 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 726 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 131.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE24 was £200,000 in 2025.
DE24 had 59,680 usual residents at the census.
In DE24, 98.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DE24, 5.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.