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DH6 2XL

Murton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Murton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 2TP 73 m
DH6 2TR 158 m
DH6 2TJ 203 m
DH6 2TE 238 m
DH6 2UA 268 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 2XL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1985
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 2
Latitude
54.798473
Longitude
-1.413579
British National Grid easting
437,800
British National Grid northing
545,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Murton · E05016184
Parish or community
E04010695
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105325
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 021G · E01033206
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 021 · E02004323

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
2

  1. South Hetton Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    164 m

  2. Easington Lane Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton

    Voluntary aided school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
370
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 151
  • Anti social behaviour 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Other theft 23
  • Other crime 22

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH6 2 residents
9,636

Age bands in DH6 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,602 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

997 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

2,255 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.6%

2,606 residents

Age 65 and over
18.2%

1,658 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

    SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH

    ODS code A83627

    299 m

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 20 WOODS TERRACE EAST, MURTON, SEAHAM, SR7 9AB

    ODS code A83041

    2.8 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    3.8 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    4.3 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Health Centre

    BCT · South Hetton

    0.1 miles

  • Health Centre

    BCT · South Hetton

    0.2 miles

  • Grey Horse Store

    BCT · South Hetton

    0.3 miles

  • Grey Horse Store

    BCT · South Hetton

    0.3 miles

  • Hedley Terrace

    BCT · South Hetton

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 021G, 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

4,642 of 33,755

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

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. South Hetton Primary is the nearest published school at 164 m.

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

Recorded crime

370 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 151 events.

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