DE55 7AR

Swanwick · 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
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE55 7AS 71 m
DE55 1HJ 112 m
DE55 7AD 136 m
DE55 7AT 195 m
DE55 7PB 234 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE55 7AR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1996
Terminated
1 April 2002
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7
Latitude
53.088085
Longitude
-1.393167
British National Grid easting
440,740
British National Grid northing
354,711

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Swanwick · E05014707
Parish or community
E04002694
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00098495
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 004C · E01019473
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 004 · E02004032

Postcode source versions

Explore DE55

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
25
Secondary
4
  1. Kingdom Christian School

    Other independent school

    471 m
  2. Alfreton Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    692 m
  3. Alfreton Park Community Special School

    Community special school

    784 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,394
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 591
  • Shoplifting 155
  • Anti social behaviour 139
  • Public order 132
  • Criminal damage and arson 106

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DE55 7 residents
10,348

Age bands in DE55 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,647 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

974 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

2,632 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,871 residents

Age 65 and over
21.4%

2,209 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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

    ALFRETON PRIMARY CARE CTR, CHURCH STREET, ALFRETON, DE55 7AH

    ODS code C81053

    1.1 km

  • LIMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    LIMES AVENUE, ALFRETON, DE55 7DW

    ODS code C81099

    1.2 km

  • SOMERCOTES MEDICAL CENTRE

    22 NOTTINGHAM ROAD, SOMERCOTES, ALFRETON, DE55 4JJ

    ODS code C81027

    1.5 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    2.1 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY

    THE HUB, SHINERS WAY, OFF LEES LANE, SOUTH NORMANTON, ALFRETON, DE55 2FY

    ODS code C81050

    3.8 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    4.6 km

  • JACKSDALE MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 MAIN ROAD, JACKSDALE, NOTTINGHAM, NG16 5JW

    ODS code C84654

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Old Swanwick Colliery Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Derwent Grove

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Derwent Grove

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Old Swanwick Colliery Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Derby Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 004C, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,593 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
10 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 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Kingdom Christian School is the nearest published school at 471 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,394 published events cover 12 months, averaging 116.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 591 events.

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