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DH7 7EE

Brandon · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 7HZ 72 m
DH7 7BH 96 m
DH7 7JT 111 m
DH7 7HT 117 m
DH7 7JN 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 7EE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 7
Latitude
54.767941
Longitude
-1.653378
British National Grid easting
422,400
British National Grid northing
541,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Brandon · E05016161
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105114
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 031E · E01034495
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 031 · E02004316

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
3

  1. New Brancepeth Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    224 m

  2. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    1.2 km

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

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
496
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 219
  • Anti social behaviour 73
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Shoplifting 41
  • Public order 32

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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    2.1 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    2.7 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Club

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.0 miles

  • Club

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.0 miles

  • Waltons Terrace

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.2 miles

  • Pringle Place Allotments

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.2 miles

  • Pringle Place Allotments

    BCT · New Brancepeth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 031E, 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

5,228 of 33,755

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

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. New Brancepeth Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 224 m.

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

Recorded crime

496 published events cover 12 months, averaging 41.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 219 events.

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