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DH5 9SA

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
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 6NU 7 m
DH4 6SX 17 m
DH4 6PD 54 m
DH4 6NT 66 m
DH4 6NX 76 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH5 9SA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1984
Terminated
1 December 1984
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH5
Postcode sector
DH5 9
Latitude
54.815942
Longitude
-1.502025
British National Grid easting
432,100
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
E00105175
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

    660 m

  2. East Rainton Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

  3. Hetton Academy

    Academy converter

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
309
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 131
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Anti social behaviour 38
  • Other theft 23
  • Public order 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH5 9 residents
7,113

Age bands in DH5 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

948 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

668 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.1%

1,629 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,016 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

1,798 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

    571 m

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    3.6 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    3.6 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.6 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    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

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • South Street

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.0 miles

  • South Street

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.1 miles

  • Rainton Lodge

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.1 miles

  • Benridge Bank-The Meadows

    BCT · West Rainton

    0.2 miles

  • Old Durham Road

    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 660 m.

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

Recorded crime

309 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 131 events.

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