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DH3 3YJ

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 3EN 104 m
DH3 3EW 125 m
DH3 3EP 131 m
DH3 3HE 150 m
DH2 2UE 152 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH3 3YJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 3
Latitude
54.856245
Longitude
-1.577839
British National Grid easting
427,201
British National Grid northing
551,353

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
E00104462
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 011B · E01020593
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 011 · E02004293

Postcode source versions

Explore DH3

Property

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119 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
19, Bede Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3YJ 26 June 2026 £175,000
4a, Bede Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3YJ 22 April 2026 £120,000
6a, Bede Court, Chester Le Street, DH3 3YJ 28 October 2025 £130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
26
Secondary
4

  1. Cestria Primary School

    Community school

    386 m

  2. Park View School

    Academy converter

    499 m

  3. Bullion Lane Primary School

    Community school

    517 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,429
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 814
  • Shoplifting 378
  • Anti social behaviour 325
  • Criminal damage and arson 323
  • Public order 155

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

28 female, 23 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
1.5
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 0.8% 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    310 m

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    441 m

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    1.4 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    2.1 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    2.5 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.1 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.3 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A85008

    4.0 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code A89617

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Road

    RSE · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station car park

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station

    RLY · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Bullion Lane

    RSE · Chester-le-Street

    0.1 miles

  • Lambton Arms PH

    BCT · Chester-le-Street

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 011B, 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

4,733 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
2 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
6
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
10
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 £122,500 from 18 recorded sales in DH3 3YJ. 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 26 primary and 4 secondary schools. Cestria Primary School is the nearest published school at 386 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,429 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 814 events.

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