DE5 2AU

Heage & Ambergate · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 2AU 1 m
DE56 2AR 81 m
DE56 2AY 81 m
DE56 2AT 84 m
DE56 2AQ 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 2AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 2
Latitude
53.051878
Longitude
-1.462673
British National Grid easting
436,115
British National Grid northing
350,646

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098259
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 007C · E01019428
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 007 · E02004035

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Heage Primary School

    Academy converter

    650 m
  2. Ambergate Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. Fritchley CofE (Aided) Primary & Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 76
  • Public order 15
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Burglary 9
  • Other theft 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    2.4 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    3.4 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    3.8 km

  • CRICH MEDICAL PRACTICE

    OAKWELL DRIVE, CRICH, MATLOCK, DE4 5PB

    ODS code C81094

    3.9 km

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

    CHURCH FARM MEDICAL CENTRE, STEEPLE DRIVE, RIPLEY, DE5 3TH

    ODS code C81004

    4.2 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

  • Shop Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.0 miles
  • Shop Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.0 miles
  • Gadsby Rise

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.1 miles
  • Gadsby Rise

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.1 miles
  • Gun Lane

    BCT · Nether Heage

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 007C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,329 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Heage Primary School is the nearest published school at 650 m.

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

Recorded crime

142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 76 events.

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