DE56
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Belper and Duffield, in Amber Valley.
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 DE56 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DE56, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DE56 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE56 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE56 at a rate of 45.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across DE.
In August 2026 alone, 167 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE56.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (884), other crime (358) and anti-social behaviour (223).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE56 was 47.3 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 DE56, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE56 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 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 DE56
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley 006A | 1,517 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| Amber Valley 007A | 1,514 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 57.8% |
| Amber Valley 007B | 1,600 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.7% |
| Amber Valley 007C | 1,424 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.8% |
| Amber Valley 007D | 1,876 | 32.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.6% |
| Amber Valley 009A | 1,666 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| Amber Valley 009B | 1,682 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Amber Valley 009C | 1,836 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| Amber Valley 009D | 1,305 | 15.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| Amber Valley 009E | 1,388 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Amber Valley 010A | 2,002 | 173.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.0% |
| Amber Valley 010B | 1,644 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.6% |
| Amber Valley 010C | 1,981 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| Amber Valley 010D | 1,896 | 36.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 79.5% |
| Amber Valley 011A | 1,383 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Amber Valley 011B | 1,380 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Amber Valley 011C | 1,768 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |
| Amber Valley 011D | 1,466 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| Amber Valley 011E | 1,745 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% |
| Amber Valley 015A | 1,166 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Amber Valley 015C | 1,497 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Amber Valley 016A | 1,649 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.5% |
| Amber Valley 016B | 1,568 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 63.7% |
| Amber Valley 016C | 1,848 | 34.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 71.4% |
MPs for DE56
- Jonathan DaviesLabourMP for Mid Derbyshire67% of DE56’s postcodes
- Linsey FarnsworthLabourMP for Amber Valley27% of DE56’s postcodes
- John WhitbyLabourMP for Derbyshire Dales6.1% of DE56’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 DE566
Postcode sectors in DE565
Council1
Towns in DE561
Postcode districts next to DE567
Nearest rail stations3
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DE56 in brief
DE56 is a postcode district covering Belper and Duffield, in Amber Valley.
About 40,378 people lived in DE56 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £265,500 in 2025 across 686 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 45.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE56 was £265,500 in 2025.
DE56 had 39,640 usual residents at the census.
In DE56, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DE56, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.