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DE73 8EB

Melbourne · South Derbyshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Local authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE73 8FD 109 m
DE73 8ED 129 m
DE73 8EA 138 m
DE73 8GL 139 m
DE73 8LB 142 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE73 8EB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE73
Postcode sector
DE73 8
Latitude
52.826099
Longitude
-1.424170
British National Grid easting
438,897
British National Grid northing
325,550

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
E00180305
Lower layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006C · E01019854
Middle layer super output area
South Derbyshire 006 · E02004123

Postcode source versions

Explore DE73

83 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EB 27 June 2025 £181,500
103, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EB 9 December 2024 £375,000
83, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8EB 8 July 2024 £199,950

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Melbourne Junior School

    Community school

    191 m
  2. Melbourne Infant School

    Community school

    211 m
  3. Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
200
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 85
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Other theft 18
  • Public order 17
  • Vehicle crime 13

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
134
57 female, 77 male
Postcode households
54
Residents per household
2.5
DE73 8 residents
6,298

Age bands in DE73 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%
1,037 residents
Age 15 to 24
8.5%
543 residents
Age 25 to 44
21.4%
1,362 residents
Age 45 to 64
30.4%
1,935 residents
Age 65 and over
23.4%
1,486 residents

This postcode contained 2.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE73 8 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • MELBOURNE & CHELLASTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C81108

    606 m

Nearby transport

  • Blakemore Avenue

    BCT · Melbourne

    34 m
  • Blakemore Avenue

    BCT · Melbourne

    71 m
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Melbourne

    144 m
  • The Crescent

    BCT · Melbourne

    167 m
  • Jubilee Close

    BCT · Melbourne

    177 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Derbyshire 006C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,386 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Low risk addresses
8
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 £240,000 from 13 recorded sales in DE73 8EB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Derbyshire is £258,672 in June 2026, up 5.6% year on year.

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Melbourne Junior School is the nearest published school at 191 m.

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

Recorded crime

200 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 85 events.

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