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DH7 6AN

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 6AW 174 m
DH7 6AL 218 m
DH7 6AH 220 m
DH7 6AQ 223 m
DH7 6AG 272 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 6AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6
Latitude
54.824281
Longitude
-1.636212
British National Grid easting
423,472
British National Grid northing
547,775

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · E05016190
Parish or community
E04010682
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104614
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 019D · E01020620
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 019 · E02004296

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
3

  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    501 m

  2. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

  3. Edmondsley Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
646
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 232
  • Anti social behaviour 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 84
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Public order 44

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 6 residents
8,717

Age bands in DH7 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,391 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

923 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.8%

2,161 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,412 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

1,815 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
96.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
82.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
82.1%
Gigabit-capable
82.1%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
96.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    724 m

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.4 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.9 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    4.1 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.5 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KELVIN HOUSE, 1-2 VICTOR TERRACE, BEARPARK, DURHAM, DH7 7DG

    ODS code A83030

    4.5 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Lingey Close

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.2 miles

  • Lingey Close

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.2 miles

  • Cross Lane

    BCT · Daisy Hill

    0.3 miles

  • Cross Lane

    BCT · Daisy Hill

    0.3 miles

  • RC Church

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 019D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,949 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston is the nearest published school at 501 m.

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

Recorded crime

646 published events cover 12 months, averaging 53.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 232 events.

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