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DH3 4ET

Lumley & West Rainton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Lumley & West Rainton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH3 4EU 133 m
DH3 4HZ 662 m
DH3 4QB 691 m
DH3 4QR 736 m
DH3 4JE 739 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH3 4ET
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH3
Postcode sector
DH3 4
Latitude
54.835939
Longitude
-1.560941
British National Grid easting
428,300
British National Grid northing
549,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Lumley & West Rainton · E05016183
Parish or community
E04010635
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104557
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 015E · E01020610
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 015 · E02004295

Postcode source versions

Explore DH3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
22
Secondary
3

  1. Lumley Infant and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  2. Lumley Junior School

    Community school

    1.3 km

  3. Red Rose Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 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 103
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 33
  • Burglary 16
  • Other theft 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH3 4 residents
5,901

Age bands in DH3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

819 residents

Age 15 to 24
9%

518 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

1,082 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,679 residents

Age 65 and over
29%

1,671 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    1.2 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83028

    2.3 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    2.7 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    2.9 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    4.0 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ

    ODS code A83024

    4.5 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.7 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.8 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83033

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Post Office

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.5 miles

  • Riding Hill

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.5 miles

  • Riding Hill

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.5 miles

  • Post Office

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.5 miles

  • Sandbach

    BCT · Great Lumley

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 015E, 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

26,711 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
10 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lumley Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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 103 events.

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