DE56 1HZ

Belper East · Amber Valley · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Belper
Local authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE56 1JA 29 m
DE56 1JG 71 m
DE56 1JN 87 m
DE56 1RT 104 m
DE56 1JD 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE56 1HZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE56
Postcode sector
DE56 1
Latitude
53.023912
Longitude
-1.472667
British National Grid easting
435,468
British National Grid northing
347,530

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Amber Valley · E07000032
Parish or community
E04002667
Westminster constituency
Mid Derbyshire · E14001362
Output area
E00098163
Lower layer super output area
Amber Valley 010A · E01019407
Middle layer super output area
Amber Valley 010 · E02004038

Postcode source versions

Explore DE56

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Damside, Belper, DE56 1HZ 11 September 2023 £300,000
4, Dam Side, Belper, DE56 1HZ 18 November 2021 £215,000
4a, Dam Side, Belper, DE56 1HZ 29 June 2021 £453,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
19
Secondary
3
  1. St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery

    Voluntary controlled school

    659 m
  2. Pottery Primary School

    Community school

    865 m
  3. Herbert Strutt Primary School

    Community school

    904 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,008
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 467
  • Anti social behaviour 110
  • Public order 105
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Criminal damage and arson 81

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

7 female, 3 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
1.3
DE56 1 residents
13,242

Age bands in DE56 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,941 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,277 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

3,094 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

4,019 residents

Age 65 and over
23.2%

3,124 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE56 1 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+
80%
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    57 - 59 BRIDGE STREET, BELPER, DE56 1AY

    ODS code C81069

    827 m

  • WHITEMOOR MEDICAL CENTRE

    WHITEMOOR LANE, BELPER, DE56 0JB

    ODS code C81038

    1.4 km

  • ARTHUR MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAIN STREET, HORSLEY WOODHOUSE, ILKESTON, DE7 6AX

    ODS code C81017

    4.2 km

  • APPLETREE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    47A TOWN STREET, DUFFIELD, BELPER, DE56 4GG

    ODS code C81048

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Coppice Brook

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles
  • Coppice Brook

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles
  • Rothwell Lane

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles
  • St Johns Road

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles
  • Springwood Gardens

    BCT · Belper

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Amber Valley 010A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,833 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £257,500 from 2 recorded sales in DE56 1HZ. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 659 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,008 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 467 events.

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