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DH1 1TR

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 1XH 51 m
DH1 1QQ 59 m
DH1 1QG 92 m
DH1 1JA 93 m
DH1 1WB 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 1TR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1997
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 1
Latitude
54.778417
Longitude
-1.558452
British National Grid easting
428,500
British National Grid northing
542,700

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
E00105155
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 029C · E01020723
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 029 · E02004313

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
22
Secondary
4

  1. Laurel Avenue Community Primary School

    Community school

    586 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate

    Academy converter

    782 m

  3. Durham Gilesgate Primary School

    Community school

    904 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,680
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,187
  • Shoplifting 735
  • Anti social behaviour 415
  • Public order 369
  • Criminal damage and arson 271

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    562 m

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    2.1 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    2.2 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    2.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Magdalene Street

    BCT · Durham

    0.0 miles

  • Magdalene Street

    BCT · Durham

    0.0 miles

  • Sunderland Road

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Sherburn Road

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

  • Sunderland Road

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 029C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,496 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
10 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

32 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Laurel Avenue Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 586 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,680 published events cover 12 months, averaging 306.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,187 events.

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