Derby Flood Risk
Derby has a Low flood risk from rivers and the sea , with 2.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. The nearest gauge is 1.7 km away.
Derby has 275,217 residents and 121,320 homes. Ranked 1241 of 7,114 in England for rivers and sea flood risk.
What Is The River Level Near Derby Right Now?
Read from the Environment Agency flood-monitoring feed at 20 Sept, 14:34 UTC. The highest level on record here is 3.579 m , reached on 21 October 2023.
When Has Derby Flooded Before?
The Environment Agency holds 26 recorded flood outlines covering Derby, the most recent dated 24 October 2023.
Absence of a record is not evidence that a place has never flooded — the Environment Agency states that a lack of coverage does not mean an area has never flooded.
What Does Derby's Flood Risk Classification Mean?
2.1% of postcodes in Derby sit in Flood Zone 3, the planning band for land with a 1% or greater annual chance of river flooding or 0.5% or greater of sea flooding — and the map that draws it deliberately ignores flood defences.
The flood risk band for rivers and the sea is Low , with 2.4% of homes in a Medium or High band. Unlike the Flood Zone, the band counts the defences that are actually in place, which is why the two can describe the same street differently and both be right.
Which Postcode Districts Cover Derby?
Each district below is one postcode district that falls inside Derby. The band is the one shared by most of that district's postcodes, so it describes the district rather than a single street — enter a full postcode in the checker for one address. A district can cover more than one town, and the district pages linked from the checker are keyed to the town that holds most of its postcodes.
| Postcode district | Postcodes here | Rivers and sea band | Surface water addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE24 | 1,158 | High | 5,894 |
| DE21 | 1,152 | High | 2,050 |
| DE23 | 1,076 | Low | 3,763 |
| DE22 | 1,015 | Low | 1,876 |
| DE1 | 581 | Low | 1,135 |
| DE3 | 436 | Low | 631 |
| DE73 | 252 | High | 656 |
| DE72 | 5 | High | 44 |
What Else Is Near Derby?
Other places on the River Derwent, nearest to Derby first.