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DH4 6SU

Lumley & West Rainton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Lumley & West Rainton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 6PD 74 m
DH4 6SX 84 m
DH4 6NX 85 m
DH4 6NU 103 m
DH4 6PE 104 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 6SU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1981
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 6
Latitude
54.815935
Longitude
-1.500469
British National Grid easting
432,200
British National Grid northing
546,900

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
E04010710
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105180
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 027B · E01020726
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 027 · E02004311

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
24
Secondary
3

  1. West Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    737 m

  2. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km

  3. Hetton Academy

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
327
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Anti social behaviour 44
  • Other theft 25
  • Public order 21

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH4 6 residents
10,516

Age bands in DH4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,831 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,114 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.3%

2,770 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,871 residents

Age 65 and over
18.6%

1,961 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

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    611 m

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

    FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ

    ODS code A89004

    3.5 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.5 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN

    ODS code A89023

    3.5 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.6 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.7 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Rainton Lodge

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.0 miles

  • South Street

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.1 miles

  • Benridge Bank-The Meadows

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.1 miles

  • South Street

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.1 miles

  • Benridge Bank

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 027B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,097 of 33,755

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

30 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Rainton Primary School is the nearest published school at 737 m.

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

Recorded crime

327 published events cover 12 months, averaging 27.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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