S42
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wingerworth, North Wingfield and Williamthorpe, in 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 S42 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In S42, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How S42 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is S42 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in S42 at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 109.1 per 1,000 people across S.
In August 2026 alone, 160 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in S42.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,109), other crime (405) and anti-social behaviour (296).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in S42 was 63.8 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 S42, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so S42 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in S42
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield 008C | 1,069 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.9% |
| North East Derbyshire 007A | 1,571 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 89.6% |
| North East Derbyshire 008A | 2,066 | 62.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.5% |
| North East Derbyshire 008B | 1,507 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.5% |
| North East Derbyshire 008C | 1,380 | 14.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| North East Derbyshire 008D | 1,319 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.8% |
| North East Derbyshire 009A | 1,172 | 176.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.5% |
| North East Derbyshire 009B | 1,814 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| North East Derbyshire 009C | 2,397 | 180.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.4% |
| North East Derbyshire 009D | 1,782 | 83.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| North East Derbyshire 009E | 1,645 | 114.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| North East Derbyshire 009F | 1,409 | 121.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| North East Derbyshire 010B | 1,773 | 71.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.0% |
| North East Derbyshire 010C | 1,864 | 72.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.6% |
| North East Derbyshire 010D | 1,533 | 23.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.9% |
| North East Derbyshire 010E | 1,343 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| North East Derbyshire 011A | 1,068 | 46.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| North East Derbyshire 011B | 1,469 | 90.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| North East Derbyshire 011C | 1,447 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| North East Derbyshire 011F | 1,360 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
MPs for S42
- Louise Sandher-JonesLabourMP for North East Derbyshire79% of S42’s postcodes
- Natalie FleetLabourMP for Bolsover15% of S42’s postcodes
- Mr Toby PerkinsLabourMP for Chesterfield5.5% of S42’s postcodes
- John WhitbyLabourMP for Derbyshire Dales0.2% of S42’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 S424
Postcode sectors in S423
Council1
Towns in S422
Postcode districts next to S428
More in the S postcode area2
S42 in brief
S42 is a postcode district covering Wingerworth, North Wingfield and Williamthorpe, in North East Derbyshire.
About 31,475 people lived in S42 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £251,000 in 2025 across 564 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in S42 was £251,000 in 2025.
S42 had 29,392 usual residents at the census.
In S42, 94.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In S42, 2.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.