# Belper

Town in Amber Valley, East Midlands.

Belper is a town in Amber Valley, East Midlands. Median sale price £254,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 53.4 per 1,000 people. About 19,266 people.

Town. Code E63001899. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley)

Belper is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Belper add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £254,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Belper was £254,000 in 2025. Joint 485th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/belper#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,076** (2021). Belper had 19,076 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 571st most populated of 1,209. 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/town/belper#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 85%** (2022). About 85% of people in Belper 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/town/belper#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.5%** (January 2026). In Belper, 94.5% 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/town/belper#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63001899) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 85% of people in Belper live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63001899) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 343 homes were sold in Belper in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63001899) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Belper.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63001899) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Belper had 19,076 usual residents at the census.

## How Belper compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Belper | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £254,000 | 36th most expensive | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2025 |
| Population | 19,076 | 45th most populated | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 85% | 39th most people in radon Affected Areas | 105 towns, East Midlands · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 94.5% | 37th lowest | 105 towns, East Midlands · Jan 2026 |

## Is Belper safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Belper at a rate of 53.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 93.5 per 1,000 people across East Midlands.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 80 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Belper.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (478), other crime (197) and anti-social behaviour (130).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Belper was 59.6 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 Belper, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Belper has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 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 Belper

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Amber Valley 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019414) | 1,600 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.7% |
| [Amber Valley 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019408) | 1,666 | 45.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.1% |
| [Amber Valley 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019409) | 1,682 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Amber Valley 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019412) | 1,836 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.1% |
| [Amber Valley 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019413) | 1,305 | 15.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.5% |
| [Amber Valley 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019416) | 1,388 | 18.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| [Amber Valley 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019407) | 2,002 | 173.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.0% |
| [Amber Valley 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019415) | 1,644 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.6% |
| [Amber Valley 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019417) | 1,981 | 62.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| [Amber Valley 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019410) | 1,383 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [Amber Valley 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019411) | 1,380 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| [Amber Valley 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/neighbourhood/e01019418) | 1,768 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.5% |

## Your MP

- [Mid Derbyshire](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-derbyshire): Jonathan Davies (Labour), MP since July 2024.

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

## Council

[Amber Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley)

## Postcode districts covering Belper

[DE56](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/de56)

## Middle areas in Belper

[Belper Far Laund](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/belper-far-laund), [Belper Town](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/belper-town), [Openwoodgate & Holbrook](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley/openwoodgate-and-holbrook)

## Towns near Belper

[Ripley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripley), [Heanor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heanor), [Somercotes and Swanwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/somercotes-and-swanwick), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Alfreton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alfreton), [Eastwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastwood)

## Belper in brief

Belper is a town in Amber Valley, East Midlands.
About 19,266 people lived in Belper in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £254,000 in 2025 across 343 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Belper was £254,000 in 2025.
Belper had 19,076 usual residents at the census.
About 85% of people in Belper live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Belper, 94.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63001899
- Constituency: [Mid Derbyshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/mid-derbyshire)
- Council: [Amber Valley †](https://openindex.co.uk/amber-valley)
- Region: [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/east-midlands)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 5.18 km²
- People, mid-2024: 19,266*
- Neighbourhoods: 12
- Output areas: 65

* 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Ripley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ripley), [Heanor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/heanor), [Somercotes and Swanwick](https://openindex.co.uk/town/somercotes-and-swanwick), [Derby](https://openindex.co.uk/derby), [Alfreton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/alfreton), [Eastwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/eastwood)

## Latest updates for Belper

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63001899

## How to cite

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

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/belper