DE5 postcode area guide — Amber Valley
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the DE5 postcode district in Amber Valley — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in DE5
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
94.8%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.8%
Gigabit-capable
84.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the DE5 postcode district (Amber Valley) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 490 postcodes Ofcom measures in DE5, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 94.8% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.8%.
Around 0.1% of premises in DE5 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in DE5
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| DE5 3AA | 92.3% | 38.5% |
| DE5 3AB | 100% | 0% |
| DE5 3AD | 100% | 100% |
| DE5 3AG | 94.4% | 0% |
| DE5 3AH | 100% | 4.3% |
| DE5 3AL | 93.8% | 0% |
| DE5 3AP | 100% | 0% |
| DE5 3AQ | 100% | 100% |
| DE5 3AR | 100% | 100% |
| DE5 3AS | 100% | 91.2% |
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Mobile signal around Amber Valley
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Amber Valley district (64,685 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
89.1%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
21.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
94.3%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in DE5
Police recorded 151 incidents within about a mile of the centre of DE5 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 81 | 53.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 19 | 12.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 10 | 6.6% |
| Public order | 10 | 6.6% |
| Shoplifting | 8 | 5.3% |
| Other crime | 6 | 4.0% |
| Drugs | 5 | 3.3% |
| Weapons possession | 5 | 3.3% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in DE5
Based on 304 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in DE5 is £195,000, down 10.1% on the previous year (£217,000).
Detached
£290,000
83 sales
Semi-detached
£195,000
108 sales
Terraced
£157,500
99 sales
Flat / maisonette
£127,000
4 sales
Latest recorded sales in DE5
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 May 2026 | £190,000 | Detached | Coupe Street | DE5 3QD |
| 8 May 2026 | £105,000 | Terraced | Wright Street | DE5 9RQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £113,000 | Terraced | South Place | DE5 3HG |
| 1 May 2026 | £370,000 | Detached | Church Farm Road | DE5 3TF |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £225,000 | Semi-detached | Greenhill Avenue | DE5 3JJ |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £265,000 | Semi-detached | Welldon Street | DE5 8PR |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £450,000 | Detached | Middleton Avenue | DE5 9SS |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £150,000 | Semi-detached | Wright Avenue | DE5 3EY |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £190,000 | Detached | Steam Mill Lane | DE5 3JR |
| 17 Apr 2026 | £290,000 | Detached | Ballacraine Drive | DE5 3JZ |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Amber Valley demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Amber Valley district (126,206 residents, 56,277 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.8% |
| 15–29 | 20.2% |
| 30–44 | 18.1% |
| 45–64 | 22.4% |
| 65+ | 22.6% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 72% |
| Private rented | 14.7% |
| Social rented | 8.7% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around DE5
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ripley Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 920 | DE5 3JQ |
| John Flamsteed Community School | Secondary | 11–16 | 850 | DE5 8NP |
| Ripley St John's Church of England Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 359 | DE5 3BD |
| Ripley Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 327 | DE5 3PN |
| Codnor Community Primary School Church of England Controlled | Primary | 3–11 | 248 | DE5 9QD |
| Waingroves Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 213 | DE5 9TD |
| Ripley Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 157 | DE5 3RY |
| Denby Free CofE VA Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 113 | DE5 8PH |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in DE5
150 rated food businesses operate in DE5. 110 hold the top rating of 5, 18 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Codnor Fish Bar, A J Katering, Acacia Lodge, Albion News, Bill's Fish And Chips.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in DE5
From a sample of 237 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 DE5 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 27% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
7%
Band C
20%
Band D
49%
Band E
21%
Band F
2%
Band G
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Amber Valley
Landlines around DE5 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.