DH7 6YW

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 6NJ 48 m
DH7 6NE 52 m
DH7 6NS 73 m
DH7 6NH 87 m
DH7 6NQ 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 6YW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1998
Terminated
1 November 2000
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 6
Latitude
54.817917
Longitude
-1.629873
British National Grid easting
423,883
British National Grid northing
547,069

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010682
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104623
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
23
Primary
16
Secondary
5
  1. Sacriston Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    228 m
  2. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston

    Academy converter

    439 m
  3. Witton Gilbert Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
686
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 249
  • Shoplifting 95
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Public order 42

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

    213 m

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.2 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.7 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    3.9 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    4.3 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83637

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Greenwells Garage

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles
  • Mafeking Terrace

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles
  • Greenwells Garage

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 miles
  • Crossroads

    BCT · Sacriston

    0.1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 5 secondary schools. Sacriston Academy is the nearest published school at 228 m.

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

Recorded crime

686 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 249 events.

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