DH1 5YY

Framwellgate & Newton Hall · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH1 5NR 100 m
DH1 5LS 113 m
DH1 5SP 137 m
DH1 5SN 148 m
DH1 5LU 158 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH1 5YY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH1
Postcode sector
DH1 5
Latitude
54.799290
Longitude
-1.572816
British National Grid easting
427,562
British National Grid northing
545,017

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105138
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 022C · E01020718
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 022 · E02004308

Postcode source versions

Explore DH1

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
24
Secondary
5
  1. Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    269 m
  2. Durham Newton Hall Infants' School

    Community school

    302 m
  3. St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham

    Academy converter

    497 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,033
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 318
  • Shoplifting 257
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Public order 79
  • Criminal damage and arson 64

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
26

12 female, 14 male

Postcode households
22
Residents per household
1.2
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH1 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    1.0 km

  • 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

    3.2 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.4 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.2 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.4 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.6 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Lumley Road

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Lumley Road

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Embleton Close

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Embleton Close

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles
  • Wolsingham Drive

    BCT · Newton Hall

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 022C, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,777 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 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
0
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 5 secondary schools. Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,033 published events cover 12 months, averaging 86.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.

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