Alfreton

Alfreton is covered by postcode district DE55. It is in the Amber Valley council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £186,000 Homes sold in Alfreton, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 150 of 197 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 4 of 197 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 7 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Alfreton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Alfreton, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 193 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Alfreton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A38A61A615 DE55 1HJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 4XJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7AZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7BU: not on 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not on the flood risk listDE55 7ER: not on the flood risk listDE55 7ES: not on the flood risk listDE55 7ET: not on the flood risk listDE55 7EU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7EW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7EX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7EY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7EZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7FZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7GZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7HZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7JZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7LG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7PZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QA: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QB: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QD: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QE: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QF: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QG: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QU: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QW: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QX: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7QZ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RY: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SJ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SN: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SP: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SQ: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7SS: not on the flood risk listDE55 7ST: not on the flood risk listDE55 7TL: not on the flood risk listDE55 7TT: not on the flood risk listDE55 7WH: not on the flood risk listDE55 7ZR: not on the flood risk listDE55 7RG: low flood risk at worstDE55 7PR: medium flood risk at worstDE55 7EG: high flood riskDE55 7QN: high flood risk Alfreton Map of every postcode in Alfreton, by flood risk Of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 193 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Alfreton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Alfreton
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 193

Of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 193 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0958, longitude -1.3825. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre.

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DE55 7EG3 at high riskDE55 7QN1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Alfreton?

Homes sold for a typical £186,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 150 of the 197 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 5 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4 of its 197 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Alfreton, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Alfreton?

Homes in Alfreton sold for a typical £186,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 109 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £193,500 from 132 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£186,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£193,500 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached £323,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £175,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £125,000 21 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DE55 district, Alfreton's main postcode district: a typical £194,250.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Alfreton: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Alfreton?

10 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Alfreton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 32 of the 132 homes sold in Alfreton were newly built (24%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 17%.

The newest postcodes

DE55 7QZsince April 2025DE55 7AAsince July 2024DE55 7SSsince April 2023DE55 7STsince April 2023DE55 7SQsince February 2023DE55 7SLsince June 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn AlfretonAcross the DE55 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 109 (0%) 11 of 634 (2%)
The 12 months to September 2025 32 of 132 (24%) 152 of 913 (17%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Alfreton?

Ofcom reports on 197 of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton. At 150 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 6 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit150 of 197
Postcodes where every home can get superfast181 of 197
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband6 of 197

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Alfreton at risk of flooding?

4 of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4 of 197 postcodes High: 4Medium: 1Low: 2

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Alfreton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Alfreton. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Alfreton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Alfreton is Alfreton Rail Station, 1.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Alfreton Rail Station Railway station 1.0 kmWalk
  • Ambergate Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
  • Whatstandwell Rail Station Railway station 8.2 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Alfreton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Alfreton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Alfreton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,414 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Alfreton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 134 September 2025
  2. 114 October 2025
  3. 129 November 2025
  4. 122 December 2025
  5. 101 January 2026
  6. 101 February 2026
  7. 120 March 2026
  8. 123 April 2026
  9. 113 May 2026
  10. 115 June 2026
  11. 134 July 2026
  12. 108 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences523 reports
Anti-social behaviour191 reports
Shoplifting173 reports
Public order135 reports
Criminal damage and arson95 reports
Other theft77 reports
Vehicle crime66 reports
Drugs60 reports

Also: burglary 37, other crime 27, possession of weapons 12, robbery 8, bicycle theft 7, theft from the person 3.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: police.uk, data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Alfreton?

District, borough or city council
Amber Valley
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituency
Amber Valley
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England
MP
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour)

All 197 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Alfreton

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Alfreton postcodes

197 postcodes in use in Alfreton, by district:

DE55 postcode district,197 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

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Places near Alfreton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Alfreton's £186,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Somercotes and Swanwick2.1 km, £190,000South Normanton3.1 km, £185,000Shirland and Stonebroom3.6 km, £218,000Newton and Blackwell4.1 km, £180,000Pinxton4.3 km, £170,000Jacksdale and Westwood5.2 km, £182,000Ripley5.6 km, £205,000Tibshelf5.8 km, £195,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Alfreton

What is the postcode for Alfreton?
Postcode district DE55, with 197 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Alfreton in?
Amber Valley, with Derbyshire as its county council. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Alfreton?
Linsey Farnsworth (Labour), for Amber Valley. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Alfreton?
A typical £186,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 109 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Alfreton?
Primary schools at its postcodes include Woodbridge Junior School, Croft Infant School and Copthorne Community Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include David Nieper Academy. Source: Department for Education.
Does Alfreton have a railway station?
Yes: Alfreton station, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Alfreton?
Ofcom reports on 197 of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton. At 150 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 6 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom.
Is Alfreton at risk of flooding?
4 of the 197 postcodes in Alfreton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 5 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Alfreton?
10 of the 197 postcodes now in use in Alfreton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 32 of the 132 homes sold in Alfreton were newly built (24%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE55 district, 17%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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