DE55 7SR

Alfreton · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Alfreton
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Amber Valley
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE55 7PT 74 m
DE55 7PU 152 m
DE55 7PZ 163 m
DE55 7QN 171 m
DE55 7PY 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE55 7SR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE55
Postcode sector
DE55 7
Latitude
53.089897
Longitude
-1.397725
British National Grid easting
440,433
British National Grid northing
354,910

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Electoral ward
Alfreton · E05014690
Parish or community
E04002665
Westminster constituency
Amber Valley · E14001066
Output area
E00179874
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 001D · E01019404
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 001 · E02004029

Postcode source versions

Explore DE55

14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
6, Copthorne Drive, Alfreton, DE55 7SR 19 September 2025 £333,000
10, Copthorne Drive, Alfreton, DE55 7SR 13 August 2025 £425,000
3, Copthorne Drive, Alfreton, DE55 7SR 21 July 2025 £427,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Kingdom Christian School

    Other independent school

    410 m
  2. Alfreton Park Community Special School

    Community special school

    561 m
  3. Alfreton Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    748 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,025
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 424
  • Anti social behaviour 111
  • Shoplifting 110
  • Public order 105
  • Criminal damage and arson 77

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.

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

  • PARKSIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81053

    1.0 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

    1.9 km

  • JESSOP MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81005

    2.4 km

  • THE VILLAGE SURGERY

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

    ODS code C81050

    4.0 km

  • RIPLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    DERBY ROAD, RIPLEY, DE5 3HR

    ODS code C81059

    4.8 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

  • Derby Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Derby Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Watchorn

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Old Swanwick Colliery Road

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.2 miles
  • Watchorn

    BCT · Alfreton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 001D, 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

13,338 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
3 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.

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
0
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 £426,000 from 14 recorded sales in DE55 7SR. 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kingdom Christian School is the nearest published school at 410 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,025 published events cover 12 months, averaging 85.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 424 events.

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