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DE12 7DB

Appleby · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swadlincote
Ward
Appleby
Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE12 7DD 132 m
DE12 7FF 188 m
DE12 7BS 327 m
DE12 7FL 365 m
DE12 7DA 376 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE12 7DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE12
Postcode sector
DE12 7
Latitude
52.681038
Longitude
-1.490112
British National Grid easting
434,568
British National Grid northing
309,380

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Electoral ward
Appleby · E05010090
Parish or community
E04005563
Westminster constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth · E14001288
Output area
E00131504
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 012A · E01025913
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 012 · E02005408

Postcode source versions

Explore DE12

96 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
7, Main Street, Snarestone, Swadlincote, DE12 7DB 6 July 2026 £390,000
40, Main Street, Snarestone, Swadlincote, DE12 7DB 7 November 2025 £275,000
61, Main Street, Snarestone, Swadlincote, DE12 7DB 24 October 2025 £260,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Snarestone Church of England School

    Academy converter

    168 m
  2. Newton Burgoland Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  3. St Charles Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
17
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 5
  • Public order 4
  • Violence and sexual offences 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
162
78 female, 84 male
Postcode households
72
Residents per household
2.3
DE12 7 residents
9,801

Age bands in DE12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%
1,655 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.1%
980 residents
Age 25 to 44
24.5%
2,382 residents
Age 45 to 64
29.6%
2,883 residents
Age 65 and over
18.8%
1,833 residents

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE12 7 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+
98.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
98.7%
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MEASHAM MEDICAL UNIT

    HIGH STREET, MEASHAM, SWADLINCOTE, DE12 7HR

    ODS code C82017

    2.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Quarry Lane

    BCT · Snarestone

    54 m
  • The Globe

    BCT · Snarestone

    285 m
  • The Globe

    BCT · Snarestone

    289 m
  • Main Street

    BCT · Snarestone

    384 m
  • Main Street

    BCT · Snarestone

    400 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 012A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,630 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £470,000 from 14 recorded sales in DE12 7DB. 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

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Snarestone Church of England School is the nearest published school at 168 m.

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

Recorded crime

17 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 event per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 5 events.

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