DE12 6ES

Blackfordby · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swadlincote
Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE12 6ER 87 m
DE12 6EU 137 m
DE12 6EX 142 m
DE12 6EY 156 m
DE12 6ET 167 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE12 6ES
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 6
Latitude
52.745700
Longitude
-1.517830
British National Grid easting
432,646
British National Grid northing
316,560

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005543
Output area
E00131693
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 008A · E01025950
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 008 · E02005404

Postcode source versions

Explore DE12

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Norris Hill, Moira, Swadlincote, DE12 6ES 25 August 2023 £120,000
81, Norris Hill, Moira, Swadlincote, DE12 6ES 15 December 2022 £155,000
75, Norris Hill, Moira, Swadlincote, DE12 6ES 24 October 2022 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
26
Secondary
4
  1. Moira Primary School

    Community school

    345 m
  2. Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.7 km
  3. Ashby Hill Top Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
146
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 64
  • Anti social behaviour 31
  • Burglary 15
  • Other theft 9
  • Other crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
97

51 female, 46 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
2.8
DE12 6 residents
8,637

Age bands in DE12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,395 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

805 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,993 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,586 residents

Age 65 and over
21.5%

1,854 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE12 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • CASTLE MEDICAL GROUP

    ASCEBI HOUSE, 118 BURTON ROAD, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LE65 2LP

    ODS code C82014

    2.5 km

  • WOODVILLE SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, 71 BURTON ROAD, WOODVILLE, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 7JE

    ODS code C81060

    3.1 km

  • HEARTWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SWADLINCOTE HEALTH CENTRE, CIVIC WAY, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 0AE

    ODS code Y01812

    4.3 km

  • GRESLEYDALE HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    GLAMORGAN WAY, CHURCH GRESLEY, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 9JT

    ODS code C81114

    4.3 km

  • SWADLINCOTE SURGERY

    DARKLANDS ROAD, SWADLINCOTE, DE11 0PP

    ODS code C81032

    4.5 km

  • MEASHAM MEDICAL UNIT

    HIGH STREET, MEASHAM, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 7HR

    ODS code C82017

    4.6 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Electricity Sub-station

    BCT · Norris Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Electricity Sub-station

    BCT · Norris Hill

    0.0 miles
  • Woodlands Way

    BCT · Norris Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Woodlands Way

    BCT · Norris Hill

    0.1 miles
  • Ashby Road

    BCT · Norris Hill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 008A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,347 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £148,500 from 4 recorded sales in DE12 6ES. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North West Leicestershire is £282,239 in June 2026, up 6.5% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Moira Primary School is the nearest published school at 345 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

146 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.