DE21 5BU

Little Eaton & Stanley · Erewash · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Erewash
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE21
Postcode sector
DE21 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE21 5AU 155 m
DE21 5AE 185 m
DE21 5AL 240 m
DE21 5AR 289 m
DE21 5AS 313 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE21 5BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE21
Postcode sector
DE21 5
Latitude
52.978544
Longitude
-1.452844
British National Grid easting
436,836
British National Grid northing
342,493

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Erewash · E07000036
Parish or community
E04002830
Westminster constituency
Mid Derbyshire · E14001362
Output area
E00099523
Lower layer super output area
Erewash 004A · E01019670
Middle layer super output area
Erewash 004 · E02004081

Postcode source versions

Explore DE21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. Little Eaton Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Holbrook School for Autism

    Academy special converter

    2.0 km
  3. Horsley CofE (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
97
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 38
  • Other theft 11
  • Public order 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE21 5 residents
3,501

Age bands in DE21 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

535 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

332 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.2%

663 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

1,136 residents

Age 65 and over
26.8%

978 residents

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • APPLETREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47A TOWN STREET, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4GG

    ODS code C81048

    2.4 km

  • PARK LANE SURGERY

    2 PARK LANE, ALLESTREE, DERBY, DE22 2DS

    ODS code C81040

    3.1 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

    3.3 km

  • PARK FARM MEDICAL CENTRE

    3 PARK FARM CENTRE, ALLESTREE, DERBY, DE22 2QN

    ODS code C81064

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Chase

    BCT · Little Eaton

    0.1 miles
  • The Chase

    BCT · Little Eaton

    0.1 miles
  • Westley Crescent

    BCT · Little Eaton

    0.1 miles
  • Westley Crescent

    BCT · Little Eaton

    0.2 miles
  • Bottle Brook

    BCT · Little Eaton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Erewash 004A, 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

26,512 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
5 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

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 5 secondary schools. Little Eaton Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

97 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 38 events.

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