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DH1 5UQ

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 5UB 0 m
DH1 5UE 0 m
DH1 5UG 0 m
DH1 5UJ 0 m
DH1 5UR 0 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 5UQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 5
Latitude
54.785925
Longitude
-1.585085
British National Grid easting
426,782
British National Grid northing
543,525

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
E04012745
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00183264
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 033B · E01020702
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 033 · E02004315

Postcode source versions

Explore DH1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
28
Secondary
5

  1. St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

    Academy converter

    288 m

  2. Durham Trinity School & Sports College

    Community special school

    466 m

  3. Durham Sixth Form Centre

    Academy 16-19 converter

    999 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,752
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,032
  • Shoplifting 361
  • Anti social behaviour 345
  • Public order 324
  • Criminal damage and arson 184

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

6

within 5 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    1.1 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    1.4 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.3 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.7 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.8 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.7 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

  • County Hall

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • County Hall

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • North End -The Crescent

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Dryburn Hospital - old entrance

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

  • St Leonards School

    BCT · Durham

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 033B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,161 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 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

39 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham is the nearest published school at 288 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,752 published events cover 12 months, averaging 229.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,032 events.

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