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DH7 6QH

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 6FA 30 m
DH7 6PG 75 m
DH7 6PQ 88 m
DH7 6QJ 103 m
DH7 6PF 105 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 6QH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2015
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6
Latitude
54.820636
Longitude
-1.622658
British National Grid easting
424,345
British National Grid northing
547,374

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
E00104617
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 019E · E01020621
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
24
Primary
17
Secondary
5

  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    469 m

  2. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    594 m

  3. Nettlesworth Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
741
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 279
  • Anti social behaviour 101
  • Criminal damage and arson 94
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Public order 50

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    384 m

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.6 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.8 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.8 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    4.2 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Salvation Army

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles

  • Aged Miners

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles

  • Salvation Army

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles

  • Aged Miners

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles

  • Crossroads

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 019E, 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

7,838 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston is the nearest published school at 469 m.

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

Recorded crime

741 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 279 events.

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