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DH1 5FU

Framwellgate & Newton Hall · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Framwellgate & Newton Hall
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH1 5LY 19 m
DH1 5FS 57 m
DH1 5LR 88 m
DH1 5LT 95 m
DH1 5LE 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 5FU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 April 2001
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 5
Latitude
54.798461
Longitude
-1.577227
British National Grid easting
427,279
British National Grid northing
544,923

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Framwellgate & Newton Hall · E05016178
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105145
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 023D · E01020720
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 023 · E02004309

Postcode source versions

Explore DH1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
25
Secondary
5

  1. Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    206 m

  2. St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham

    Academy converter

    207 m

  3. Durham Newton Hall Infants' School

    Community school

    260 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,174
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 351
  • Shoplifting 260
  • Anti social behaviour 165
  • Public order 116
  • Criminal damage and arson 85

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH1 5 residents
14,806

Age bands in DH1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

2,170 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

1,252 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.5%

3,809 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

4,195 residents

Age 65 and over
23.5%

3,509 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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    705 m

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    2.3 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.4 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.6 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.0 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.1 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    4.8 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ

    ODS code A83024

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Alnwick Road - shops

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Alnwick Road - shops

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Carr House Drive End

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Eden Road

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

  • Eden Road

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 023D, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,649 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
10 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 5 secondary schools. Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School is the nearest published school at 206 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,174 published events cover 12 months, averaging 97.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 351 events.

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