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DE72 2AN

Aston · South Derbyshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Ward
Aston
Local authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE72 2AP 216 m
DE72 2BX 218 m
DE72 2AJ 263 m
DE72 2AH 300 m
DE72 2BW 309 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE72 2AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 2
Latitude
52.859490
Longitude
-1.380152
British National Grid easting
441,831
British National Grid northing
329,289

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
South Derbyshire · E07000039
Electoral ward
Aston · E05008809
Parish or community
E04002886
Westminster constituency
South Derbyshire · E14001483
Output area
E00100361
Lower layer super output area
South Derbyshire 004B · E01019833
Middle layer super output area
South Derbyshire 004 · E02004121

Postcode source versions

Explore DE72

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Cedars, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN 18 October 2022 £750,000
Whispering Trees, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN 8 January 2019 £50,000
White Cottage, Shardlow Road, Aston On Trent, Derby, DE72 2AN 1 August 2008 £822,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Welden School

    Other independent special school

    0 m
  2. Aston-on-Trent Primary School

    Community school

    664 m
  3. Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
86
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 37
  • Anti social behaviour 15
  • Vehicle crime 9
  • Other theft 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20
9 female, 11 male
Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.2
DE72 2 residents
4,445

Age bands in DE72 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.7%
606 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.5%
376 residents
Age 25 to 44
17.6%
776 residents
Age 45 to 64
32.6%
1,440 residents
Age 65 and over
27.5%
1,213 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE72 2 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

    53 BOROUGH STREET, CASTLE DONINGTON, DERBY, DE74 2LB

    ODS code C82007

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Recreation Ground

    BCT · Aston-on-Trent

    160 m
  • Recreation Ground

    BCT · Aston-on-Trent

    162 m
  • Rectory Gardens

    BCT · Aston-on-Trent

    357 m
  • Rectory Gardens

    BCT · Aston-on-Trent

    364 m
  • White Hart Inn

    BCT · Aston-on-Trent

    392 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Derbyshire 004B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

30,293 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £750,000 from 1 recorded sale in DE72 2AN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Derbyshire is £258,672 in June 2026, up 5.6% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Welden School is the nearest published school at 0 m.

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

Recorded crime

86 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 37 events.

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