DE72 3PD

Draycott & Risley · 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 3RU 466 m
DE72 3SD 689 m
DE72 3PB 729 m
DE72 3PE 944 m
DE72 3YQ 955 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE72 3PD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3
Latitude
52.910360
Longitude
-1.349450
British National Grid easting
443,847
British National Grid northing
334,966

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Erewash · E07000036
Parish or community
E04002828
Westminster constituency
Erewash · E14001228
Output area
E00099441
Lower layer super output area
Erewash 013C · E01019654
Middle layer super output area
Erewash 013 · E02004090

Postcode source versions

Explore DE72

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hilltop Farm, Nottingham Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3PD 6 October 2025 £1,160,000
Manor Farm Cottage, Nottingham Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3PD 26 March 2024 £587,500
Draycott House Lodge, Nottingham Road, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3PD 26 November 2019 £345,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
4
  1. Draycott Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.6 km
  2. Redhill Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. Ashbrook Infant School

    Community school

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
160
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 80
  • Anti social behaviour 20
  • Vehicle crime 15
  • Public order 11
  • Other theft 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.1% 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
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

    2.0 km

  • CHAPEL STREET MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 CHAPEL STREET, SPONDON, DERBY, DE21 7RJ

    ODS code C81068

    3.9 km

  • ADAM HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code C81026

    3.9 km

  • COLLEGE STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81097

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Draycott House

    BCT · Hopwell

    0.1 miles
  • Draycott House

    BCT · Hopwell

    0.1 miles
  • Hopwell Road

    BCT · Hopwell

    0.2 miles
  • Hopwell Road

    BCT · Hopwell

    0.2 miles
  • Hopwell Hall Farm

    BCT · Hopwell

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Erewash 013C, 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

14,850 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
5 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
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 £873,750 from 2 recorded sales in DE72 3PD. 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 4 secondary schools. Draycott Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

160 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 80 events.

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