Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 60 primary and 10 secondary schools. Kingsmead School is the nearest published school at 158 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DE2 8RU
Alvaston North · Derby · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Alvaston North
- Local authority
- Derby
- Constituency
- Derby South
- Postcode district
- DE2
- Postcode sector
- DE2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DE2 8RU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1992
- Postcode area
- DE
- Postcode district
- DE2
- Postcode sector
- DE2 8
- Latitude
- 52.899559
- Longitude
- -1.436579
- British National Grid easting
- 437,997
- British National Grid northing
- 333,715
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East Midlands · E12000004
- Local authority district
- Derby · E06000015
- Electoral ward
- Alvaston North · E05015509
- Parish or community
- E43000014
- Westminster constituency
- Derby South · E14001194
- Output area
- E00068012
- Lower layer super output area
- Derby 025D · E01013477
- Middle layer super output area
- Derby 025 · E02002820
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DE2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 60
- Secondary
- 10
- 158 m
Kingsmead School
Academy special converter
- 718 m
Lakeside Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 768 m
Wyndham Spencer Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,154
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,849
- Shoplifting 388
- Anti social behaviour 387
- Public order 345
- Criminal damage and arson 274
GP practices
16
within 5 km straight-line
ALVASTON MEDICAL CENTRE
14 BOULTON LANE, ALVASTON, DERBY, DE24 0GE
ODS code C81047
792 m
OSMASTON SURGERY
212 OSMASTON ROAD, DERBY, DE23 8JX
ODS code C81071
2.5 km
PEARTREE MEDICAL CENTRE
159 PEAR TREE ROAD, DERBY, DE23 8NQ
ODS code C81616
2.7 km
LISTER HOUSE SURGERY
207 ST. THOMAS ROAD, DERBY, DE23 8RJ
ODS code C81072
2.8 km
DERBY FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE
1 HASTINGS STREET, DERBY, DE23 6QQ
ODS code C81118
3.1 km
CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE
10 CHAPEL STREET, SPONDON, DERBY, DE21 7RJ
ODS code C81068
3.2 km
THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE
MAINE DRIVE, CHADDESDEN, DERBY, DE21 6LA
ODS code C81051
3.3 km
VILLAGE SURGERY
VILLAGE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTRE, BROWNING STREET, DERBY, DE23 8AL
ODS code C81035
3.3 km
DERWENT VALLEY MEDICAL PRACTICE
DERWENT VALLEY MEDICAL PRAC, 20 ST. MARKS ROAD, DERBY, DE21 6AT
ODS code C81014
3.3 km
HORIZON HEALTHCARE
3-5 BURTON ROAD, DERBY, DE1 1TH
ODS code C81006
3.4 km
WILSON STREET SURGERY
11 WILSON STREET, DERBY, DE1 1PG
ODS code C81009
3.7 km
MACKLIN STREET SURGERY
90 MACKLIN STREET, DERBY, DE1 1JX
ODS code C81073
3.9 km
OVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
207 VICTORIA AVENUE, BORROWASH, DERBY, DE72 3HG
ODS code C81066
4.2 km
FRIAR GATE SURGERY
AGARD STREET, DERBY, DE1 1DZ
ODS code C81036
4.4 km
DERWENT MEDICAL CENTRE
26 NORTH STREET, DERBY, DE1 3AZ
ODS code C81652
4.5 km
VERNON STREET MEDICAL CTR
13 VERNON STREET, DERBY, DE1 1FW
ODS code C81007
4.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Warren Street
BCT · Crewton
- 0.1 miles
Warren Street
BCT · Crewton
- 0.1 miles
Spencer Street
BCT · Crewton
- 0.1 miles
Wisgreaves Road
BCT · Crewton
- 0.2 miles
Baker Street
BCT · Crewton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Derby 025D, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
7,799 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,154 published events cover 12 months, averaging 346.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,849 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.