DE5 3DZ

Ripley · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE5 3EH 14 m
DE5 3EF 69 m
DE5 3EE 71 m
DE5 3EL 76 m
DE5 3EG 98 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 3DZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 February 2015
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 3
Latitude
53.049088
Longitude
-1.403575
British National Grid easting
440,079
British National Grid northing
350,367

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
E00098416
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 008D · E01019458
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 008 · E02004036

Postcode source versions

Explore DE5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
24
Secondary
6
  1. Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    565 m
  2. Ripley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    607 m
  3. Lons Infant School

    Community school

    691 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,948
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 921
  • Anti social behaviour 198
  • Public order 193
  • Criminal damage and arson 160
  • Drugs 115

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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 straight-line

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    242 m

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    766 m

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    3.5 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

    4.2 km

  • JACKSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JW

    ODS code C84654

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Co-op Square

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Grosvenor Road

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • Midland Hotel

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles
  • High Street

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 008D, 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

12,250 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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

33 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 565 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,948 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 921 events.

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