DE55
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Alfreton and South Normanton, in Amber Valley, Bolsover and North East 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 DE55 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DE55, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DE55 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE55 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE55 at a rate of 84.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across DE.
In August 2026 alone, 369 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE55.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,998), other crime (933) and anti-social behaviour (628).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE55 was 81.8 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 DE55, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE55 has no single figure. Of its 34 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- 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 DE55
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley 001A | 1,762 | 94.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| Amber Valley 001B | 1,712 | 226.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.9% |
| Amber Valley 001C | 1,887 | 64.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Amber Valley 001D | 1,984 | 140.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Amber Valley 002D | 2,314 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 40.3% |
| Amber Valley 003A | 1,450 | 118.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| Amber Valley 003B | 1,476 | 172.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.1% |
| Amber Valley 003C | 1,477 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| Amber Valley 003D | 1,674 | 124.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Amber Valley 003E | 1,398 | 280.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.8% |
| Amber Valley 004A | 1,708 | 68.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Amber Valley 004B | 1,656 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Amber Valley 004C | 1,238 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 80.7% |
| Amber Valley 004D | 1,180 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Amber Valley 004E | 1,340 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Amber Valley 004F | 1,319 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.9% |
| Amber Valley 005C | 1,497 | 91.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Bolsover 008A | 1,532 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.3% |
| Bolsover 008B | 1,535 | 39.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Bolsover 008D | 1,759 | 81.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.1% |
| Bolsover 008E | 1,766 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Bolsover 009A | 1,204 | 83.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Bolsover 009B | 1,567 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.3% |
| Bolsover 009C | 1,649 | 95.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Bolsover 009D | 1,600 | 96.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| Bolsover 009E | 1,822 | 60.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.6% |
| Bolsover 010D | 1,659 | 119.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| Bolsover 010E | 1,677 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.0% |
| Bolsover 010F | 1,574 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
| North East Derbyshire 013A | 1,907 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 73.3% |
| North East Derbyshire 013B | 1,350 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| North East Derbyshire 013C | 1,650 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| North East Derbyshire 013D | 1,706 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.5% |
| North East Derbyshire 013E | 1,468 | 46.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.2% |
MPs for DE55
- Natalie FleetLabourMP for Bolsover50% of DE55’s postcodes
- Linsey FarnsworthLabourMP for Amber Valley49% of DE55’s postcodes
- Louise Sandher-JonesLabourMP for North East Derbyshire0.2% of DE55’s postcodes
- Lee AndersonReform UKMP for Ashfield0.1% of DE55’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 DE557
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Councils DE55 covers3
Towns in DE553
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Nearest rail stations1
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DE55 in brief
DE55 is a postcode district covering Alfreton and South Normanton, in Amber Valley, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire.
About 55,986 people lived in DE55 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £205,000 in 2025 across 888 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE55 was £205,000 in 2025.
DE55 had 54,192 usual residents at the census.
In DE55, 91.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DE55, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.