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DH1 1YF

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 6SG 56 m
DH7 6RB 85 m
DH7 6QZ 113 m
DH7 6QY 121 m
DH7 6SF 124 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 1YF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1986
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 1
Latitude
54.810126
Longitude
-1.635903
British National Grid easting
423,500
British National Grid northing
546,200

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · E05016190
Parish or community
E04010717
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104943
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 026C · E01020681
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 026 · E02004310

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Witton Gilbert Primary School

    Community school

    422 m

  2. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    854 m

  3. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
674
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 240
  • Shoplifting 95
  • Criminal damage and arson 90
  • Anti social behaviour 83
  • Public order 41

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

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    1.2 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    2.4 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.0 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.1 miles

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.1 miles

  • White Tun PH

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.1 miles

  • White Tun PH

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.2 miles

  • School

    BCT · Witton Gilbert

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 026C, 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

10,351 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Witton Gilbert Primary School is the nearest published school at 422 m.

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

Recorded crime

674 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 240 events.

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