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DE5 8JR

Ripley & Marehay · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Ripley & Marehay
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE5 3PU 75 m
DE5 3PT 81 m
DE5 8JL 129 m
DE5 8JA 142 m
DE5 3PS 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE5 8JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE5
Postcode sector
DE5 8
Latitude
53.040460
Longitude
-1.409123
British National Grid easting
439,715
British National Grid northing
349,404

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Ripley & Marehay · E05014704
Parish or community
E04002688
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098435
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 006C · E01019460
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 006 · E02004034

Postcode source versions

Explore DE5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
26
Secondary
6

  1. Ripley Infant School

    Community school

    436 m

  2. Ripley Junior School

    Academy converter

    460 m

  3. Ripley Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    824 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,542
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 758
  • Anti social behaviour 167
  • Public order 131
  • Criminal damage and arson 107
  • Shoplifting 97

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

14 female, 10 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
1.6
DE5 8 residents
4,249

Age bands in DE5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

831 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

477 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.3%

1,172 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,313 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

844 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE5 8 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+
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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • IVY GROVE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81004

    466 m

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    802 m

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    3.3 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

    4.4 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Hollybush

    BCT · Marehay

    0.1 miles

  • Hollybush

    BCT · Marehay

    0.1 miles

  • Willow Avenue 9

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

  • Oak Avenue No2

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

  • Willow Avenue 9

    BCT · Ripley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 006C, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,126 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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
1
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

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 6 secondary schools. Ripley Infant School is the nearest published school at 436 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,542 published events cover 12 months, averaging 128.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 758 events.

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