Property market
The five-year median is £210,000 from 3,779 recorded sales in DH1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
DH1
UK postcode district
Part of Durham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,047
- Current units
- 1,323
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 724
Postcode sectors in DH1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,947 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 24, Minster Court, Durham, DH1 2DP | 24 July 2026 | £97,500 |
| 26, Lowes Barn Bank, Durham, DH1 3QL | 23 July 2026 | £225,000 |
| 21, Belles Ville, Durham, DH1 2HY | 20 July 2026 | £130,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 25
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 6,052
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,942
- Shoplifting 1,130
- Anti social behaviour 756
- Public order 548
- Criminal damage and arson 445
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DH1 usual residents
- 52,550
- Age-profile population
- 52,210
Age bands in DH1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 11%
- 5,757 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 31.6%
- 16,524 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- 10,234 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 19.8%
- 10,343 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 17.9%
- 9,352 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,221 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,117 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 830 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP
BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW
ODS code A83014
CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP
NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH
ODS code A83036
CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR
THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW
ODS code A83055
CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW
ODS code A83011
Evidence in context
Schools
25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
6,052 published events cover 12 months, averaging 504 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,942 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.