Crich

Crich is covered by postcode district DE4. It is in the Amber Valley council area, Derbyshire.

Typical price £325,000 Homes sold in Crich, last 12 months. ▼ 13.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 11 of 61 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Crich, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Crich, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Crich that ONS places, 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Crich. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DE4 5BH: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BJ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BL: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BN: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BP: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BQ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BR: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BS: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BT: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BU: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BW: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BX: not on the flood risk listDE4 5BZ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DA: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DB: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DD: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DE: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DF: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DG: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DH: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DJ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DL: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DN: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DP: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DQ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DR: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DS: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DT: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DU: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DW: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DX: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DY: not on the flood risk listDE4 5DZ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5EA: not on the flood risk listDE4 5EB: not on the flood risk listDE4 5ED: not on the flood risk listDE4 5ET: not on the flood risk listDE4 5EU: not on the flood risk listDE4 5FX: not on the flood risk listDE4 5HR: not on the flood risk listDE4 5HW: not on the flood risk listDE4 5HZ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NE: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NF: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NH: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NJ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NL: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NQ: not on the flood risk listDE4 5NY: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PA: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PB: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PD: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PE: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PF: not on the flood risk listDE4 5PP: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QA: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QB: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QD: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QE: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QH: not on the flood risk listDE4 5QL: not on the flood risk list Crich Map of every postcode in Crich, by flood risk Of the 61 postcodes in Crich that ONS places, 61 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Crich. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Crich
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 61

Of the 61 postcodes in Crich that ONS places, 61 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 53.0838, longitude -1.4791. 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

What is it like to live in Crich?

Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.9% on the 12 months before. At 11 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 61 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whatstandwell, 1.7 km 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 Crich?

Homes in Crich sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 13.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£325,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£377,500
12 months to August 2026
£325,000

▼ down 13.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£440,000 19 sales
Semi-detached£265,000 9 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole DE4 district, Crich's main postcode district: a typical £290,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Crich: 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 Crich?

6 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Crich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 36 homes sold in Crich were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE4 district, 12%.

The newest postcodes

DE4 5QEsince June 2026DE4 5QLsince August 2023DE4 5QHsince February 2023DE4 5QDsince March 2022DE4 5QAsince February 2021DE4 5QBsince November 2020

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 CrichAcross the DE4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 31 (3%) 8 of 422 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 36 (11%) 77 of 630 (12%)

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 Crich?

Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Crich. At 11 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit11 of 61
Postcodes where every home can get superfast58 of 61

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 Crich at risk of flooding?

None of the 61 postcodes in Crich is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Crich?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Crich. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Crich?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crich is Whatstandwell Rail Station, 1.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Whatstandwell Rail Station Railway station 1.7 kmCycle
  • Ambergate Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Cromford Rail Station Railway station 5.7 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: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Crich?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Crich. 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 Crich safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 109 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Crich 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. 9 September 2025
  2. 7 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 10 January 2026
  6. 4 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 10 April 2026
  9. 5 May 2026
  10. 17 June 2026
  11. 6 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences45 reports
Anti-social behaviour23 reports
Public order12 reports
Drugs7 reports
Burglary5 reports
Other theft5 reports
Criminal damage and arson4 reports
Vehicle crime3 reports

Also: other crime 3, theft from the person 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 Crich?

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

All 61 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

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Crich postcodes

61 postcodes in use in Crich, by district:

DE4 postcode district,61 postcodes

That district is in the DE postcode area.

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Places near Crich

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Crich's £325,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wirksworth6.3 km, £253,500Belper6.4 km, £243,000Alfreton6.6 km, £186,000Ripley6.7 km, £205,000Somercotes and Swanwick6.8 km, £190,000Shirland and Stonebroom7.1 km, £218,000Matlock8.1 km, £270,000Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse9.4 km, £208,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Crich

What is it like to live in Crich?
Homes sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 13.9% on the 12 months before. At 11 of the 61 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 61 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Whatstandwell, 1.7 km 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 Crich?
Crich is covered by postcode district DE4, across 61 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Crich in?
Crich is in the Amber Valley council area, and Derbyshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Crich?
Crich is in the Derbyshire Dales parliamentary constituency. Its MP is John Whitby (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Crich?
Homes in Crich sold for a typical £325,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 13.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Crich?
In Crich, primary schools at its postcodes include Crich Junior School and Crich Church of England Infant School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Alderwasley Hall School, 2.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Crich have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crich is Whatstandwell, 1.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Crich?
Ofcom reports on 61 of the 61 postcodes in Crich. At 11 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Crich at risk of flooding?
None of the 61 postcodes in Crich is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Crich?
6 of the 61 postcodes now in use in Crich came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 36 homes sold in Crich were newly built (11%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DE4 district, 12%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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