DH1 4TG

Deerness · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH1 4JB 401 m
DH1 4TF 442 m
DH1 4TH 456 m
DH1 4HY 459 m
DH1 4JA 460 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 4TG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 4
Latitude
54.775101
Longitude
-1.605654
British National Grid easting
425,466
British National Grid northing
542,313

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Deerness · E05016171
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105113
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 026D · E01020714
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 026 · E02004310

Postcode source versions

Explore DH1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
24
Secondary
4
  1. Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    700 m
  2. Durham Johnston Comprehensive School

    Community school

    770 m
  3. St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
810
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 286
  • Anti social behaviour 119
  • Public order 91
  • Criminal damage and arson 60
  • Burglary 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
DH1 4 residents
9,002

Age bands in DH1 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
9.5%

849 residents

Age 15 to 24
47.3%

4,231 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.8%

1,320 residents

Age 45 to 64
15.8%

1,415 residents

Age 65 and over
12.6%

1,123 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH1 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    2.2 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    2.5 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    2.6 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    3.3 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Toll House Road

    BCT · Crossgate Moor

    0.3 miles
  • Moorsley Bank Farm

    BCT · Durham

    0.3 miles
  • Moorsley Bank Farm

    BCT · Durham

    0.3 miles
  • Toll House Road

    BCT · Crossgate Moor

    0.3 miles
  • The Lodge

    BCT · Crossgate Moor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 026D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,667 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 4 secondary schools. Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 700 m.

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

Recorded crime

810 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 286 events.

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