Property market
The five-year median is £257,000 from 3,596 recorded sales in DE56. 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.
DE56
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,243
- Current units
- 915
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- East Midlands
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 328
Postcode sectors in DE56
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
25,546 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 8, Horsley Crescent, Holbrook, Belper, DE56 0UB | 24 July 2026 | £285,000 |
| Regency House, Apartment 14, Leighton Way, Belper, DE56 1SU | 24 July 2026 | £155,000 |
| 1, Newton Close, Belper, DE56 1TN | 22 July 2026 | £275,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 19
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,607
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 769
- Public order 161
- Anti social behaviour 161
- Other theft 122
- Criminal damage and arson 117
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DE56 usual residents
- 39,397
- Age-profile population
- 39,648
Age bands in DE56
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 14.5%
- 5,767 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.4%
- 3,740 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.6%
- 8,178 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.8%
- 12,210 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24.6%
- 9,753 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 905 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 811 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 544 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 7 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
APPLETREE MEDICAL PRACTICE
47A TOWN STREET, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4GG
ODS code C81048
RIVERSDALE SURGERY
57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY
ODS code C81069
WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE
WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB
ODS code C81038
Evidence in context
Schools
19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,607 published events cover 12 months, averaging 134 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 769 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.