Property market
The five-year median is £148,000 from 2,725 recorded sales in DH2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
DH2
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 873
- Current units
- 712
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 7
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 161
Postcode sectors in DH2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
16,888 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Rothbury Close, Chester Le Street, DH2 3JN | 24 July 2026 | £375,000 |
| Hightrees, Nettlesworth, Chester Le Street, DH2 3PP | 23 July 2026 | £335,000 |
| 13, Arthur Street, High Hold, Chester Le Street, DH2 1QE | 22 July 2026 | £90,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 9
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,420
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 946
- Anti social behaviour 440
- Criminal damage and arson 374
- Public order 139
- Other theft 131
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DH2 usual residents
- 30,462
- Age-profile population
- 30,952
Age bands in DH2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- 4,849 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 3,083 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.2%
- 7,192 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.4%
- 9,092 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.8%
- 6,736 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 708 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 664 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 614 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE
WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ
ODS code A83050
PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP
UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS
ODS code A83033
VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP
21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ
ODS code A83637
Evidence in context
Schools
9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,420 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 946 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.