Derby property guide

An engineering city market on the edge of the Peak District.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Derby, City Of Derby. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of May 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London St Pancras in about 1 hour 30 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£225,000

Sales registered (12m)

2,566

Open schools

206

About Derby

Derby's terraces in Normanton and Chaddesden sit alongside the family suburbs of Littleover, Mickleover and Allestree.

Rolls-Royce, Alstom's train works and Toyota at Burnaston make Derby one of Britain's most engineering-dependent cities, with wages to match.

House prices in Derby

The median sale price in Derby over the last 12 months was £225,000, across 2,566 recorded transactions. That is 2.2% lower than the previous 12 months.

Semi-detached homes were the most-traded type in Derby, accounting for 911 of the period's sales at a median of £220,500.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£337,000	758
Semi-detached	£220,500	911
Terraced	£165,000	683
Flat	£118,000	174
Other	£302,000	40

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Schools in Derby

Derby has 206 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 145 primary, 23 secondary and 25 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Derby centre

School	Postcode	Distance
Alvaston Moor Academy	DE24 0AN	2.1 km
UTC Derby Pride Park	DE24 8PU	2.1 km
City of Derby Academy	DE24 3AR	2.8 km
Noel-Baker Academy	DE24 0BR	2.8 km
Derby Cathedral School	DE1 1LR	3 km

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Crime in Derby

In Derby, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (35.1%), anti-social behaviour (14.9%) and public order (10.0%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	35.1%
Anti-social behaviour	14.9%
Public order	10.0%
Criminal damage and arson	8.5%
Other theft	7.7%

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Postcode districts in Derby

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Derby boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
DE1	34,667
DE21	34,667
DE22	34,667
DE23	34,667
DE24	34,667

Frequently asked questions about Derby

The median sale price in Derby over the last 12 months was £225,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 206 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Derby area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Derby over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 34,667 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

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Derby sold prices

Trends, recent sales, top streets

Crime in Derby

By category and postcode district

Schools in Derby

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

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