DE72 3DB

Breaston · Erewash · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Local authority
Erewash
Constituency
Erewash
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE72 3DS 86 m
DE72 3UT 102 m
DE72 3DE 120 m
DE72 3DR 157 m
DE72 3DH 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE72 3DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3
Latitude
52.895953
Longitude
-1.327382
British National Grid easting
445,346
British National Grid northing
333,377

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Erewash · E07000036
Electoral ward
Breaston · E05010605
Parish or community
E04002826
Westminster constituency
Erewash · E14001228
Output area
E00099375
Lower layer super output area
Erewash 013A · E01019642
Middle layer super output area
Erewash 013 · E02004090

Postcode source versions

Explore DE72

49 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
89, Draycott Road, Breaston, Derby, DE72 3DB 14 April 2026 £250,000
129, Draycott Road, Breaston, Derby, DE72 3DB 29 May 2025 £3,100,000
149 - 149a, Draycott Road, Breaston, Derby, DE72 3DB 18 February 2025 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
23
Secondary
4
  1. Firfield Primary School

    Community school

    887 m
  2. Spring Valley School

    Other independent special school

    919 m
  3. Draycott Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
390
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 153
  • Shoplifting 70
  • Anti social behaviour 49
  • Public order 32
  • Criminal damage and arson 24

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
79

36 female, 43 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.2
DE72 3 residents
16,006

Age bands in DE72 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

2,295 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

1,419 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

3,305 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

4,664 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

4,101 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE72 3 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+
93.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
93.8%
Gigabit-capable
93.8%
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

  • COLLEGE STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

    86 COLLEGE STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 4NP

    ODS code C81097

    3.2 km

  • ADAM HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

    85-91 DERBY ROAD, SANDIACRE, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 5HZ

    ODS code C81026

    3.7 km

  • THE MOIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    REGENT STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1QQ

    ODS code C81010

    3.7 km

  • THE AITUNE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MIDLAND STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1RY

    ODS code C81023

    3.7 km

  • WEST PARK SURGERY

    MIDLAND STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1RY

    ODS code C81083

    3.7 km

  • OVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    207 VICTORIA AVENUE, BORROWASH, DERBY, DE72 3HG

    ODS code C81066

    3.9 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

  • The Crescent

    BCT · Breaston

    0.0 miles
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Breaston

    0.1 miles
  • Hills Road

    BCT · Breaston

    0.1 miles
  • Hills Road

    BCT · Breaston

    0.1 miles
  • Marlborough Road

    BCT · Breaston

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Erewash 013A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,354 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 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
1
Medium risk addresses
7
Low risk addresses
10
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 £250,000 from 7 recorded sales in DE72 3DB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Erewash is £217,901 in June 2026, up 2.4% year on year.

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. Firfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 887 m.

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

Recorded crime

390 published events cover 12 months, averaging 32.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 153 events.

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