DH2 1BF

Pelton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Pelton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH2 1QP 10 m
DH2 1UQ 26 m
DH2 1EP 74 m
DH2 1QR 90 m
DH2 1QS 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 1BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2022
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 1
Latitude
54.877783
Longitude
-1.601069
British National Grid easting
425,696
British National Grid northing
553,741

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Pelton · E05016187
Parish or community
E04010676
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104602
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 005B · E01020615
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 005 · E02004291

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
26
Secondary
4
  1. St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston

    Academy converter

    396 m
  2. Pelton Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    478 m
  3. Ouston Primary School

    Academy converter

    696 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
673
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 243
  • Anti social behaviour 128
  • Criminal damage and arson 120
  • Public order 32
  • Other crime 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH2 1 residents
10,157

Age bands in DH2 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

1,576 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,032 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

2,511 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.2%

3,269 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

2,432 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

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
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
0%
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

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS

    ODS code A83033

    521 m

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT

    ODS code A85008

    2.2 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

    21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ

    ODS code A83637

    2.3 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    2.7 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    2.9 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

    MIDDLE CHARE SURGERY, MIDDLE CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3QD

    ODS code A83028

    3.0 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.4 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

    3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB

    ODS code A89617

    4.5 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Institute Terrace

    BCT · Perkinsville

    0.0 miles
  • Institute Terrace

    BCT · Perkinsville

    0.1 miles
  • Bungalows

    BCT · Perkinsville

    0.1 miles
  • Bungalows

    BCT · Perkinsville

    0.2 miles
  • Penhill Close

    BCT · Urpeth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 005B, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,330 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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

31 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston is the nearest published school at 396 m.

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

Recorded crime

673 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 243 events.

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