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DE72 3JR

Ockbrook & Borrowash · Erewash · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ockbrook & Borrowash
Local authority
Erewash
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE72 3JQ 78 m
DE72 3JN 127 m
DE72 3JP 159 m
DE72 3HG 165 m
DE72 3HR 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE72 3JR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3
Latitude
52.911860
Longitude
-1.376150
British National Grid easting
442,050
British National Grid northing
335,117

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Erewash · E07000036
Electoral ward
Ockbrook & Borrowash · E05010617
Parish or community
E04002832
Westminster constituency
Mid Derbyshire · E14001362
Output area
E00099599
Lower layer super output area
Erewash 009E · E01019687
Middle layer super output area
Erewash 009 · E02004086

Postcode source versions

Explore DE72

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
26
Secondary
3

  1. Ashbrook Infant School

    Community school

    279 m

  2. Ashbrook Junior School

    Academy converter

    279 m

  3. Redhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    998 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
512
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 254
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Burglary 39
  • Vehicle crime 38
  • Other theft 32

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

17 female, 9 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
1.3
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 0.2% 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+
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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • OVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    207 VICTORIA AVENUE, BORROWASH, DERBY, DE72 3HG

    ODS code C81066

    165 m

  • CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 CHAPEL STREET, SPONDON, DERBY, DE21 7RJ

    ODS code C81068

    2.2 km

  • ALVASTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    14 BOULTON LANE, ALVASTON, DERBY, DE24 0GE

    ODS code C81047

    4.1 km

  • THE PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MAINE DRIVE, CHADDESDEN, DERBY, DE21 6LA

    ODS code C81051

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Beech Avenue

    BCT · Borrowash

    0.1 miles

  • Chevin Avenue

    BCT · Borrowash

    0.1 miles

  • Beech Avenue

    BCT · Borrowash

    0.1 miles

  • Chevin Avenue

    BCT · Borrowash

    0.1 miles

  • Field Close

    BCT · Borrowash

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Erewash 009E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,087 of 33,755

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

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 3 secondary schools. Ashbrook Infant School is the nearest published school at 279 m.

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

Recorded crime

512 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 254 events.

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