DE65 5AP Area Guide - Crime, Schools & Is It a Good Place to Live?

DE65 5AP is a postcode in Hilton, South Derbyshire, East Midlands, England. This postcode area guide brings together crime, schools, demographics, property prices, planning applications, HMO licences and roadworks near DE65 5AP, then scores the surrounding small area 42/100 - bottom 26% nationally across 8 matched LocaleIQ domains.

The strongest signals around DE65 5AP are local prosperity and jobs, while housing is the main area to examine before moving, renting or buying here. LocaleIQ uses these local signals as a practical area rating rather than a single raw statistic, so read the score alongside the detailed map layers and source records.

The demographic profile for DE65 5AP is based on South Derbyshire 001 Census 2021. It covers 7,721 residents, 100 people per square kilometre. The median age is around 43, helping show whether the area skews younger, family-sized or older. Housing tenure is 80% owner-occupied, 14% privately rented, 5% social rented, useful context for renters, buyers and landlords comparing the local property market. On the official England neighbourhood wellbeing index the area ranks in decile 5/10.

For property prices near DE65 5AP, LocaleIQ uses Land Registry sold-price evidence for the DE65 postcode district. The latest median sold price is £219k from 163 rolling sales. The Property tab separates flats, terraced, semi-detached and detached homes where enough sales exist.

For safety, the Crime tab breaks down recorded crime near DE65 5AP by category and map position. Crime trend is flat or improving month on month. Use it with the LocaleIQ safety score because police data can lag and does not capture every local issue.

LocaleIQ checks available planning, HMO and roadworks feeds near DE65 5AP; no local change records are currently listed inside this report radius.