Belper

Belper is covered by postcode district DE56. It is in the Amber Valley council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £243,000 Homes sold in Belper, last 12 months. ▼ 0.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 316 of 400 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 31 of 409 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 213 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Belper, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Belper, by flood risk Of the 409 postcodes in Belper that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 378 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Belper. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A6 DE56 0AD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0AE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0AF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0AH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DA: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DB: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DL: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DN: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DP: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DR: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DS: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DT: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DU: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DW: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DX: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DY: not on the flood risk listDE56 0DZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EA: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EB: not on the flood risk listDE56 0ED: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EL: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EN: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EP: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0ER: not on the flood risk listDE56 0ES: not on the flood risk listDE56 0ET: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EU: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EW: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EX: not on the flood risk listDE56 0EY: not on the flood risk listDE56 0FB: not on the flood risk listDE56 0FD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0FE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0FF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0FG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0GX: not on the flood risk listDE56 0GY: not on the flood risk listDE56 0GZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HA: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HL: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HN: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HP: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HR: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HS: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HT: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HW: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HX: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HY: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JB: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0JQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0LD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0LR: not on the flood risk listDE56 0QL: not on the flood risk listDE56 0QN: not on the flood risk listDE56 0QP: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SD: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SE: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SF: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SG: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 0SR: not on the flood risk listDE56 0UR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1AZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1BZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1DZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1ED: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1ER: not on the flood risk listDE56 1ES: not on the flood risk listDE56 1ET: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1EZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1FZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1GZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1HZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1JZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1LZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1ND: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1NZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1PZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1QL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1RZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SU: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1SY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TH: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TL: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TR: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TS: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TT: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1TY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UD: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UE: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UF: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UG: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UN: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UP: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1US: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UW: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UX: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UY: not on the flood risk listDE56 1UZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 1WA: not on the flood risk listDE56 1WB: not on the flood risk listDE56 1WD: not on the flood risk listDE56 2BZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2DA: not on the flood risk listDE56 2JD: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TH: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TL: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TN: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TP: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TR: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TS: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TT: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TU: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TW: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TX: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TY: not on the flood risk listDE56 2TZ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UD: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UE: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UG: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UH: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UJ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UQ: not on the flood risk listDE56 2UR: not on the flood risk listDE56 9AH: not on the flood risk listDE56 0HB: low flood risk at worstDE56 0HE: low flood risk at worstDE56 0HU: low flood risk at worstDE56 1AB: low flood risk at worstDE56 1AY: low flood risk at worstDE56 1HY: low flood risk at worstDE56 1JD: low flood risk at worstDE56 1JL: low flood risk at worstDE56 1NP: low flood risk at worstDE56 1RY: low flood risk at worstDE56 1SW: low flood risk at worstDE56 1WL: low flood risk at worstDE56 2BY: low flood risk at worstDE56 0HD: medium flood risk at worstDE56 0HJ: medium flood risk at worstDE56 1JS: medium flood risk at worstDE56 1WJ: medium flood risk at worstDE56 1YA: medium flood risk at worstDE56 1BA: high flood riskDE56 1BE: high flood riskDE56 1JJ: high flood riskDE56 1NR: high flood riskDE56 1TZ: high flood riskDE56 1UR: high flood riskDE56 1UT: high flood riskDE56 1UU: high flood riskDE56 1WH: high flood riskDE56 1WN: high flood riskDE56 1YD: high flood riskDE56 2UA: high flood riskDE56 2UB: high flood risk Belper 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DE56 1TZ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Belper, by flood risk Of the 409 postcodes in Belper that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 378 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Belper. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Belper
  • A home or business at high risk: 13
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 13
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 378
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 409 postcodes in Belper that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 378 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 53.0261, longitude -1.4714. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: 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. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

DE56 1YD59 at high riskDE56 1TZ50 at high riskDE56 2UA43 at high riskDE56 1BA8 at high riskDE56 2UB4 at high riskDE56 1UU3 at high riskDE56 1BE2 at high riskDE56 1UR1 at high riskDE56 1UT1 at high riskDE56 1WH1 at high riskDE56 1NR1 at high riskDE56 1JJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DE56 1TZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Belper?

Homes sold for a typical £243,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 316 of the 400 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 213 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 409 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Belper, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Belper?

Homes in Belper sold for a typical £243,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 286 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£243,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£245,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 0.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £326,500 105 sales
  • Semi-detached £251,000 73 sales
  • Terraced £190,000 82 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £152,500 26 sales

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

Across the whole DE56 district, Belper's main postcode district: a typical £269,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Belper: 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 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Belper?

14 of the 409 postcodes now in use in Belper came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 301 homes sold in Belper were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE56 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

DE56 9FFsince June 2026DE56 9HAsince May 2026DE56 9GZsince March 2026DE56 1AAsince March 2025DE56 9GXsince February 2025DE56 1QGsince March 2024

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 BelperAcross the DE56 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 286 (0%) 9 of 537 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 301 (Under 1%) 100 of 675 (15%)

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Belper?

Ofcom reports on 400 of the 409 postcodes in Belper. At 316 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit316 of 400
Postcodes where every home can get superfast387 of 400

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, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Belper at risk of flooding?

31 of the 409 postcodes in Belper 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 213 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 409 postcodes High: 175Medium: 38Low: 106

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, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Belper?

The open schools at the postcodes in Belper. 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.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Belper?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Belper is Belper Rail Station, 800 m away in a straight line.

  • Belper Rail Station Railway station 800 mWalk
  • Ambergate Rail Station Railway station 3.9 kmCycle
  • Duffield Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle

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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Belper?

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

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Belper safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,033 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Belper 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. 84 September 2025
  2. 85 October 2025
  3. 73 November 2025
  4. 72 December 2025
  5. 79 January 2026
  6. 81 February 2026
  7. 86 March 2026
  8. 99 April 2026
  9. 97 May 2026
  10. 85 June 2026
  11. 109 July 2026
  12. 83 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences478 reports
Anti-social behaviour131 reports
Public order99 reports
Criminal damage and arson83 reports
Shoplifting79 reports
Other theft61 reports
Vehicle crime33 reports
Other crime23 reports

Also: burglary 15, drugs 14, possession of weapons 11, theft from the person 4, robbery 2.

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.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Belper?

District, borough or city council
Amber Valley
County council
Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituencies
Mid Derbyshire (401) and Amber Valley (8)
Police force area
Derbyshire
Region
East Midlands
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Moving to Belper

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

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Belper postcodes

409 postcodes in use in Belper, by district:

DE56 postcode district,409 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

Check a Belper postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Belper

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Belper's £243,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse3.8 km, £208,500Duffield4.6 km, £457,500Ripley5.3 km, £205,000Crich6.4 km, £325,000Heanor8.3 km, £190,000Somercotes and Swanwick8.5 km, £190,000Wirksworth9.2 km, £253,500West Hallam9.3 km, £255,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Belper

What is it like to live in Belper?
Homes sold for a typical £243,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 316 of the 400 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 213 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 409 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Belper, 800 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Belper?
Belper is covered by postcode district DE56, across 409 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Belper in?
Belper is in the Amber Valley council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Belper?
Homes in Belper sold for a typical £243,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 286 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Belper?
In Belper, primary schools at its postcodes include St John's CofE Primary School and Nursery, Pottery Primary School and Long Row Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Belper School and Sixth Form Centre. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Belper have a railway station?
Yes: Belper is 800 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Belper, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Belper?
Ofcom reports on 400 of the 409 postcodes in Belper. At 316 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Belper at risk of flooding?
31 of the 409 postcodes in Belper 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 213 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Belper?
14 of the 409 postcodes now in use in Belper came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 301 homes sold in Belper were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE56 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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