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DE72 3QJ

Draycott & Risley · Erewash · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Draycott & Risley
Local authority
Erewash
Constituency
Erewash
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE72 3QH 617 m
DE72 2HF 638 m
DE72 2HE 927 m
DE72 2HS 959 m
DE72 2HD 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE72 3QJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE72
Postcode sector
DE72 3
Latitude
52.879442
Longitude
-1.336003
British National Grid easting
444,783
British National Grid northing
331,535

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
Erewash · E07000036
Electoral ward
Draycott & Risley · E05010609
Parish or community
E04002828
Westminster constituency
Erewash · E14001228
Output area
E00099446
Lower layer super output area
Erewash 013D · E01019655
Middle layer super output area
Erewash 013 · E02004090

Postcode source versions

Explore DE72

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Shardlow Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  2. Draycott Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

  3. Firfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
43
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 13
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Other crime 5
  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82007

    4.1 km

  • COLLEGE STREET MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81097

    4.5 km

  • OVERDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    207 VICTORIA AVENUE, BORROWASH, DERBY, DE72 3HG

    ODS code C81066

    4.6 km

  • THE MOIR MEDICAL CENTRE

    REGENT STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1QQ

    ODS code C81010

    4.8 km

  • THE AITUNE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MIDLAND STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1RY

    ODS code C81023

    4.9 km

  • WEST PARK SURGERY

    MIDLAND STREET, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1RY

    ODS code C81083

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Navigation Inn

    BCT · Shardlow

    0.8 miles

  • Navigation Inn

    BCT · Shardlow

    0.8 miles

  • Clock Warehouse

    BCT · Shardlow

    0.9 miles

  • Clock Warehouse

    BCT · Shardlow

    0.9 miles

  • Cavendish Bridge

    BCT · Shardlow

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Erewash 013D, 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

16,074 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

27 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Shardlow Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 13 events.

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