DE73 1AB

Melbourne · South Derbyshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE73 8AB 5 m
DE73 8LG 442 m
DE73 8LL 505 m
DE73 8AE 576 m
DE73 8HA 583 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE73 1AB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
1 September 2004
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 1
Latitude
52.814124
Longitude
-1.410989
British National Grid easting
439,796
British National Grid northing
324,225

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Local authority district
South Derbyshire · E07000039
Electoral ward
Melbourne · E05008815
Parish or community
E04002914
Westminster constituency
South Derbyshire · E14001483
Output area
E00100473
Lower layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006D · E01019855
Middle layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006 · E02004123

Postcode source versions

Explore DE73

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. St Hardulph's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.5 km
  2. Melbourne Junior School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  3. Melbourne Infant School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
107
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 50
  • Anti social behaviour 18
  • Public order 10
  • Other theft 6
  • Vehicle crime 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MP, PENN LANE, MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE, DERBY, DE73 8EF

    ODS code C81108

    1.5 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

  • Bulls Head

    BCT · Wilson

    0.4 miles
  • Bulls Head

    BCT · Wilson

    0.4 miles
  • Short Hill

    BCT · Wilson

    0.5 miles
  • Main Street

    BCT · Wilson

    0.6 miles
  • Springfield House

    BCS · Melbourne

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Derbyshire 006D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,649 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Hardulph's Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

107 published events cover 12 months, averaging 8.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 50 events.

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