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DH4 6UR

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 6UU 49 m
DH4 6UT 72 m
DH4 6US 110 m
DH4 6UQ 137 m
DH4 6UW 162 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 6UR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 6
Latitude
54.810284
Longitude
-1.509579
British National Grid easting
431,619
British National Grid northing
546,267

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
E00105176
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 027B · E01020726
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 027 · E02004311

Postcode source versions

Explore DH4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
27
Secondary
3

  1. West Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    182 m

  2. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

  3. Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
253
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Anti social behaviour 36
  • Other theft 21
  • Public order 17

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

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    309 m

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    2.9 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    2.9 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.7 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    4.2 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    4.4 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    4.4 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Former Masons Arms

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    0.2 miles

  • Low Station Road

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

  • School Avenue

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

  • Low Station Road

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

  • Former Masons Arms

    BCT · Rainton Gate

    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

33 open schools are in scope, including 27 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Rainton Primary School is the nearest published school at 182 m.

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

Recorded crime

253 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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