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DH7 9BJ

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Langley & Esh
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 9RH 0 m
DH7 9BL 214 m
DH7 9RG 390 m
DH7 9RQ 479 m
DH7 9RF 535 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9BJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
1 June 2019
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.788470
Longitude
-1.661087
British National Grid easting
421,893
British National Grid northing
543,782

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Langley & Esh · E05016181
Parish or community
E04010625
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104818
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 024D · E01020660
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 024 · E02004307

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
4

  1. Langley Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km

  2. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    1.7 km

  3. Durham Academy

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
553
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 214
  • Anti social behaviour 123
  • Criminal damage and arson 77
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Public order 31

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH7 9 residents
9,652

Age bands in DH7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,527 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

892 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

2,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

2,834 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

2,056 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    1.4 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    1.7 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    4.1 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.8 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Main Entrance

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.0 miles

  • Ushaw Historic House Road End

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.3 miles

  • Ushaw Farm

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.3 miles

  • Ushaw Historic House Road End

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.3 miles

  • Ushaw Farm

    BCT · Bearpark

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 024D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,264 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Langley Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

553 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 214 events.

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