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DH7 7DF

Deerness · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Deerness
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 7DH 36 m
DH7 7DG 56 m
DH7 7DJ 69 m
DH7 7DQ 136 m
DH7 7EB 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 7DF
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 April 2004
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7
Latitude
54.783431
Longitude
-1.637013
British National Grid easting
423,444
British National Grid northing
543,229

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Deerness · E05016171
Parish or community
E04010593
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104930
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 026A · E01020679
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 026 · E02004310

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
22
Secondary
4

  1. Durham Academy

    Academy converter

    208 m

  2. Bearpark Primary School

    Community school

    485 m

  3. Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor

    Academy converter

    780 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
728
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 293
  • Anti social behaviour 140
  • Criminal damage and arson 82
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 7 residents
8,123

Age bands in DH7 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.6%

1,457 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

867 residents

Age 25 to 44
27%

2,236 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

2,277 residents

Age 65 and over
17.5%

1,453 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

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    56 m

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    2.8 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    3.5 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    3.9 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.1 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Woodland Terrace

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.1 miles

  • Waterworks

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.1 miles

  • Waterworks

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.1 miles

  • Beaurepaire

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.2 miles

  • Aged Miners Homes

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 026A, 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

6,075 of 33,755

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

33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Durham Academy is the nearest published school at 208 m.

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

Recorded crime

728 published events cover 12 months, averaging 60.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 293 events.

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