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DH1 1SF

Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH1 1SG 107 m
DH1 1SL 118 m
DH1 1SW 142 m
DH1 1RS 158 m
DH1 1LF 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 1SF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 1
Latitude
54.780282
Longitude
-1.574804
British National Grid easting
427,447
British National Grid northing
542,901

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · E05016175
Parish or community
E04012745
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00171834
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 030H · E01034493
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 030 · E02004314

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Durham Sixth Form Centre

    Academy 16-19 converter

    108 m

  2. St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

    Academy converter

    852 m

  3. St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,450
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,192
  • Shoplifting 606
  • Anti social behaviour 379
  • Public order 365
  • Criminal damage and arson 221

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH1 1 residents
10,120

Age bands in DH1 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.1%

1,014 residents

Age 15 to 24
29%

2,902 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.9%

2,089 residents

Age 45 to 64
19.6%

1,958 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

2,038 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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    521 m

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    1.9 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.1 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.2 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KELVIN HOUSE, 1-2 VICTOR TERRACE, BEARPARK, DURHAM, DH7 7DG

    ODS code A83030

    4.0 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Freemans Place Coach Park

    BCT · Durham

    0.0 miles

  • Radisson Hotel Waterside

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Freeman's Place

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

  • Claypath Millennium Place

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

  • Claypath Millennium Place

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 030H, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,771 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
4 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Durham Sixth Form Centre is the nearest published school at 108 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

3,450 published events cover 12 months, averaging 287.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,192 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.