DE74 2QL

Long Whatton & Diseworth · North West Leicestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Derby
Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DE74 2PW 59 m
DE74 2BD 78 m
DE74 2QN 121 m
DE74 2TT 127 m
DE74 2QS 134 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DE74 2QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DE
Postcode district
DE74
Postcode sector
DE74 2
Latitude
52.815541
Longitude
-1.335432
British National Grid easting
444,887
British National Grid northing
324,427

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East Midlands · E12000004
Parish or community
E04005556
Output area
E00131559
Lower layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002A · E01025923
Middle layer super output area
North West Leicestershire 002 · E02005398

Postcode source versions

Explore DE74

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, The Bowley, Diseworth, Derby, DE74 2QL 17 December 2020 £287,500
5, The Bowley, Diseworth, Derby, DE74 2QL 10 December 2020 £285,000
Badgers Barn, The Bowley, Diseworth, Derby, DE74 2QL 17 August 2018 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Diseworth Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    485 m
  2. Castle Donington College

    Academy converter

    2.7 km
  3. St Edward's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
137
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 24
  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Shoplifting 20
  • Public order 11
  • Anti social behaviour 11

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

17 female, 17 male

Postcode households
17
Residents per household
2.0
DE74 2 residents
12,927

Age bands in DE74 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,905 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.1%

1,945 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.7%

3,050 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

3,416 residents

Age 65 and over
20%

2,580 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DE74 2 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

3

within 5 km

  • CASTLE DONINGTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code C82007

    3.0 km

  • MANOR HOUSE SURGERY

    1 MILL LANE, BELTON, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 9UJ

    ODS code C82102

    3.4 km

  • ORCHARD SURGERY

    DRAGWELL, KEGWORTH, DERBY, DE74 2EL

    ODS code C82040

    4.5 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

  • Brookside

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.3 miles
  • Brookside

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.3 miles
  • Clements Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.3 miles
  • Lady Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.3 miles
  • Lady Gate

    BCT · Diseworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North West Leicestershire 002A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,589 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
3
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

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Diseworth Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 485 m.

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

Recorded crime

137 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 24 events.

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