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DH3 3NT

Chester-le-Street North · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chester Le Street
Ward
Chester-le-Street North
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH3 3LY 51 m
DH3 3LW 77 m
DH3 3NA 84 m
DH3 3LX 95 m
DH3 3LU 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH3 3NT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 3
Latitude
54.848496
Longitude
-1.571753
British National Grid easting
427,597
British National Grid northing
550,493

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Chester-le-Street North · E05016163
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104482
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 013B · E01020595
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 013 · E02004294

Postcode source versions

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Property

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27 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
12, York Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3NT 26 November 2025 £110,000
7, York Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3NT 1 November 2024 £105,000
6, York Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3NT 2 August 2024 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. Red Rose Primary School

    Community school

    38 m

  2. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street

    Academy converter

    441 m

  3. Cestria Primary School

    Community school

    739 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,123
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 706
  • Shoplifting 374
  • Criminal damage and arson 271
  • Anti social behaviour 260
  • Public order 140

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

10 female, 3 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
1.1
DH3 3 residents
6,161

Age bands in DH3 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

791 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

592 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

1,413 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,888 residents

Age 65 and over
26.4%

1,684 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH3 3 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

10

within 5 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    801 m

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    1.2 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    1.7 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    2.2 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    2.7 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    3.4 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.9 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code A89617

    4.5 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A85008

    4.8 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.9 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

  • Red Rose School - York Terrace

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.0 miles

  • Clifford Terrace

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Clifford Terrace

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Hermitage

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Hermitage

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 013B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,172 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
5 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
6
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 £107,500 from 4 recorded sales in DH3 3NT. 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Red Rose Primary School is the nearest published school at 38 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,123 published events cover 12 months, averaging 176.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 706 events.

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