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DH2 3WA

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
DH2 3UZ 1 m
DH2 3LF 64 m
DH2 3LD 93 m
DH2 3LE 118 m
DH2 3LB 196 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH2 3WA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 April 2003
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH2
Postcode sector
DH2 3
Latitude
54.824759
Longitude
-1.591522
British National Grid easting
426,343
British National Grid northing
547,844

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
E04010654
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104551
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 019B · E01020607
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 019 · E02004296

Postcode source versions

Explore DH2

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Nettlesworth Primary School

    Community school

    619 m

  2. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
249
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 91
  • Anti social behaviour 53
  • Public order 25
  • Criminal damage and arson 20
  • Other theft 15

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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    2.4 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.0 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.2 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.4 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    3.6 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    3.9 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Plawsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Plawsworth

    0.1 miles

  • Bank

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.2 miles

  • Bank

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.2 miles

  • Club

    BCT · Nettlesworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 019B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,898 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

24 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Nettlesworth Primary School is the nearest published school at 619 m.

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

Recorded crime

249 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 91 events.

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