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DH7 6AZ

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 6XD 80 m
DH7 6AS 91 m
DH7 6AU 94 m
DH7 6DD 104 m
DH7 6AY 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 6AZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6
Latitude
54.826282
Longitude
-1.629532
British National Grid easting
423,900
British National Grid northing
548,000

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
E04010654
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104550
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 019B · E01020607
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
25
Primary
21
Secondary
2

  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    492 m

  2. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

  3. Edmondsley Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
618
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 215
  • Anti social behaviour 86
  • Criminal damage and arson 80
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Public order 45

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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    745 m

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.5 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    3.7 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.9 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.4 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.8 km

  • MIDDLE CHARE MEDICAL GROUP

    MIDDLE CHARE SURGERY, MIDDLE CHARE, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3QD

    ODS code A83028

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Cross Lane

    BCT · Daisy Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Ashford Drive

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.0 miles

  • Cross Lane

    BCT · Daisy Hill

    0.0 miles

  • Ashford Drive

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles

  • Melbourne Villas

    BCT · Daisy Hill

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 019B, 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

8,898 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston is the nearest published school at 492 m.

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

Recorded crime

618 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 215 events.

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