DE74
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Castle Donington, Kegworth and Diseworth, in North West Leicestershire.
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 DE74 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DE74, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DE74 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DE74 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DE74 at a rate of 90.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.8 per 1,000 people across DE.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DE74.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (365), other crime (244) and anti-social behaviour (243).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DE74 was 85.5 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 DE74, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DE74 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 DE74
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West Leicestershire 001C | 2,616 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 001D | 1,597 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| North West Leicestershire 001E | 1,431 | 25.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| North West Leicestershire 001F | 1,128 | 229.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 45.0% |
| North West Leicestershire 001G | 1,387 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.8% |
| North West Leicestershire 002C | 1,726 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| North West Leicestershire 002D | 2,017 | 112.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.6% |
MPs for DE74
- Amanda HackLabourMP for North West Leicestershire99% of DE74’s postcodes
- James NaishLabourMP for Rushcliffe0.9% of DE74’s postcodes
- Baggy ShankerLabour (Co-op)MP for Derby South0.6% of DE74’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 DE742
Postcode sectors in DE742
Council1
Postcode districts next to DE745
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DE postcode area2
DE74 in brief
DE74 is a postcode district covering Castle Donington, Kegworth and Diseworth, in North West Leicestershire.
About 14,391 people lived in DE74 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £297,500 in 2025 across 304 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DE74 was £297,500 in 2025.
DE74 had 12,897 usual residents at the census.
In DE74, 83.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DE74, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.