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DH2 1XJ

Pelton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester Le Street
Ward
Pelton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH2 1XH 82 m
DH2 1XL 117 m
DH2 1DZ 156 m
DH2 1DY 187 m
DH2 1EZ 205 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 1XJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 1
Latitude
54.871097
Longitude
-1.603878
British National Grid easting
425,520
British National Grid northing
552,996

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
E00104595
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 005C · E01020616
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 005 · E02004291

Postcode source versions

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Property

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65 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
60, Brackenbeds Close, Pelton, Chester Le Street, DH2 1XJ 13 June 2025 £250,000
83, Brackenbeds Close, Pelton, Chester Le Street, DH2 1XJ 3 June 2025 £190,000
61, Brackenbeds Close, Pelton, Chester Le Street, DH2 1XJ 7 March 2025 £300,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
25
Secondary
4

  1. Pelton Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    290 m

  2. St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  3. Roseberry Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
934
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 347
  • Anti social behaviour 173
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Other theft 55
  • Public order 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
80

39 female, 41 male

Postcode households
34
Residents per household
2.4
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

This postcode contained 0.8% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH2 1 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

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    249 m

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    1.5 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    2.2 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    2.4 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    2.6 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A85008

    2.9 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.8 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code A89617

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Schools

    BCT · Pelton

    0.1 miles

  • Schools

    BCT · Pelton

    0.1 miles

  • Schools

    BCT · Pelton

    0.2 miles

  • Ivy Way

    BCT · Pelton

    0.2 miles

  • Ivy Way

    BCT · Pelton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 005C, 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

5,403 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
8 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
11
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
9
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

Property market

The five-year median is £231,000 from 7 recorded sales in DH2 1XJ. 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.

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 4 secondary schools. Pelton Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 290 m.

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

Recorded crime

934 published events cover 12 months, averaging 77.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 347 events.

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