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DH2 3JZ

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 6SL 457 m
DH2 3NA 483 m
DH2 3LZ 501 m
DH2 3NB 529 m
DH9 6SJ 557 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 3JZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3
Latitude
54.862324
Longitude
-1.646790
British National Grid easting
422,771
British National Grid northing
552,005

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · E05016190
Parish or community
E04010621
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104544
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 005A · E01020606
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
26
Primary
21
Secondary
4

  1. West Pelton Primary School

    Community school

    866 m

  2. Roseberry Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. Beamish Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
216
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 88
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Criminal damage and arson 35
  • Other theft 16
  • Burglary 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH2 3 residents
8,972

Age bands in DH2 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.4%

1,313 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

927 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.8%

1,902 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.2%

2,849 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,137 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+
100%
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
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

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    2.4 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    3.0 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.4 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    3.4 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.6 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    4.7 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    4.8 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Stone Row

    BCT · Grange Villa

    0.3 miles

  • Stone Row

    BCT · Grange Villa

    0.3 miles

  • Crossroads

    BCT · Grange Villa

    0.3 miles

  • Club

    BCT · Grange Villa

    0.4 miles

  • Club

    BCT · Grange Villa

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 005A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,361 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
3 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. West Pelton Primary School is the nearest published school at 866 m.

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

Recorded crime

216 published events cover 12 months, averaging 18 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 88 events.

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