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DE5 3BU

Ripley · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Ripley
Ward
Ripley
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE5 3BW 26 m
DE5 3WP 52 m
DE5 3BR 62 m
DE5 3XQ 68 m
DE5 3JE 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 3BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 3
Latitude
53.051061
Longitude
-1.406099
British National Grid easting
439,908
British National Grid northing
350,585

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Ripley · E05014703
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098405
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 005D · E01019455
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 005 · E02004033

Postcode source versions

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Property

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15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
30, Church Street, Ripley, DE5 3BU 27 January 2025 £300,000
17, Church Street, Ripley, DE5 3BU 23 April 2024 £130,000
20, Church Street, Ripley, DE5 3BU 10 June 2022 £83,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
22
Secondary
4

  1. Lons Infant School

    Community school

    417 m

  2. Ripley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    565 m

  3. Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    718 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,877
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 883
  • Anti social behaviour 192
  • Public order 187
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Drugs 112

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

4 female, 15 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.2
DE5 3 residents
13,238

Age bands in DE5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,987 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,207 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,953 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

3,631 residents

Age 65 and over
24%

3,082 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE5 3 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+
92.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
92.9%
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

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    410 m

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    1.0 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

    GREENHILL PRIM CARE CTR, GREENHILL LANE, LEABROOKS, ALFRETON, DE55 1LU

    ODS code C81005

    3.4 km

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    4.0 km

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    4.1 km

  • JACKSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JW

    ODS code C84654

    4.7 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

  • Church Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.0 miles

  • Grosvenor Road

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

  • Market Place

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 005D, 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

10,347 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
1 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
4
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 £130,000 from 3 recorded sales in DE5 3BU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Amber Valley is £237,857 in June 2026, up 7.9% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Lons Infant School is the nearest published school at 417 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,877 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 883 events.

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