# DE7

Postcode district covering Ilkeston, Cotmanhay and Shipley Common, in Erewash.

DE7 is a postcode district covering Ilkeston, Cotmanhay and Shipley Common, in Erewash. Median sale price £195,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code DE7. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de)

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 DE7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £195,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DE7 was £195,000 in 2025. Joint 339th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 51,033** (2021). DE7 had 51,033 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 189th 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 36%** (2022). About 36% of people in DE7 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In DE7, 97.1% 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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DE7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 36% of people in DE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DE7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 743 homes were sold in DE7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DE7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DE7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DE7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DE7 had 51,033 usual residents at the census.

## How DE7 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DE7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £195,000 | 3rd cheapest | 23 postcode districts, DE · 2025 |
| Population | 51,033 | 5th most populated | 23 postcode districts, DE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 36% | 11th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 23 postcode districts, DE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.1% | 6th highest | 23 postcode districts, DE · Jan 2026 |

## Is DE7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE7 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across the DE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 449 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,310), other crime (894) and anti-social behaviour (732).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE7 was 101.5 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 DE7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE7 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DE7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Amber Valley 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019464) | 2,557 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| [Amber Valley 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019465) | 1,120 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.5% |
| [Amber Valley 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019467) | 1,533 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| [Erewash 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019644) | 1,411 | 172.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Erewash 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019646) | 1,439 | 108.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Erewash 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019663) | 1,550 | 187.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| [Erewash 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019664) | 1,289 | 92.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Erewash 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019665) | 1,338 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Erewash 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019657) | 1,951 | 134.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Erewash 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019660) | 1,860 | 131.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Erewash 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019661) | 1,362 | 329.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| [Erewash 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019662) | 1,529 | 260.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Erewash 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019672) | 1,764 | 245.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.7% |
| [Erewash 003F](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019690) | 1,268 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.7% |
| [Erewash 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019701) | 2,224 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.7% |
| [Erewash 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019673) | 1,311 | 86.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Erewash 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019702) | 1,736 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| [Erewash 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019703) | 1,633 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.0% |
| [Erewash 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019704) | 1,390 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.1% |
| [Erewash 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019658) | 1,936 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.8% |
| [Erewash 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019659) | 2,348 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| [Erewash 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019674) | 1,130 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| [Erewash 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019688) | 1,362 | 187.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Erewash 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019689) | 1,466 | 96.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Erewash 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019666) | 1,463 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Erewash 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019667) | 1,652 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Erewash 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019668) | 1,383 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Erewash 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019669) | 1,465 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Erewash 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019638) | 1,268 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| [Erewash 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019639) | 1,540 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Erewash 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019640) | 1,374 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| [Erewash 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01019645) | 1,708 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| [Erewash 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/neighbourhood/e01032614) | 1,212 | 11.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |

## Your MP

- [Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/erewash): Adam Thompson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 79% of the people here.
- [Mid Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-derbyshire): Jonathan Davies (Labour), MP since July 2024. 13% of the people here.
- [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/amber-valley): Linsey Farnsworth (Labour), MP since July 2024. 7.8% of the people here.
- [Broxtowe](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/broxtowe): Juliet Campbell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.3% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in DE7

[Cotmanhay](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/cotmanhay), [Hallam Fields & Greenwood Ave](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/hallam-fields-and-greenwood-ave), [Ilkeston Town](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/ilkeston-town), [Kirk Hallam](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/kirk-hallam), [Shipley](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/shipley), [West Hallam](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash/west-hallam)

## Postcode sectors in DE7

[DE7 0 (42 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-0), [DE7 4 (267 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-4), [DE7 5 (243 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-5), [DE7 6 (221 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-6), [DE7 8 (319 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-8), [DE7 9 (55 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7-9)

## Council

[Erewash](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash)

## Towns in DE7

[Ilkeston](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ilkeston)

## Postcode districts next to DE7

[DE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de5), [DE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21), [DE56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de56), [DE72](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de72), [DE75](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de75), [NG9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng9), [NG10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng10), [NG16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng16)

## Nearest rail stations

[Ilkeston (5.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.2949,52.9796)

## More in the DE postcode area

[All DE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DE7 in brief

DE7 is a postcode district covering Ilkeston, Cotmanhay and Shipley Common, in Erewash.
About 51,867 people lived in DE7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,000 in 2025 across 743 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE7 was £195,000 in 2025.
DE7 had 51,033 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in DE7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DE7, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DE7
- Postcode area: [DE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de)
- Constituency: [Erewash †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/erewash)
- Council: [Erewash †](https://openindex.co.uk/erewash)
- Area: 64.16 km²
- People, mid-2024: 51,867*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 171

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DE21](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de21), [DE75](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de75), [DE72](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de72), [NG16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng16), [DE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de5), [NG9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ng9)

## Latest updates for DE7

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DE7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de7#f-house-sales-median-price.

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