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DH7 9PX

Deerness · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Deerness
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 9PR 67 m
DH7 9NR 123 m
DH7 9PY 143 m
DH7 9PH 206 m
DH7 9QQ 223 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9PX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.773231
Longitude
-1.699423
British National Grid easting
419,435
British National Grid northing
542,075

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Deerness · E05016171
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105068
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 031B · E01020706
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 031 · E02004316

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. The Independent Grammar School:Durham

    Other independent school

    422 m

  2. Esh Winning Academy

    Academy converter

    872 m

  3. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
405
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 168
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Criminal damage and arson 50
  • Other crime 20
  • Public order 19

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.6 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    4.2 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Morleys Opening

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.0 miles

  • RCSchool

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.1 miles

  • RCSchool

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.1 miles

  • Morleys South Terrace

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.1 miles

  • Morleys South Terrace

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 031B, 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

9,502 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Independent Grammar School:Durham is the nearest published school at 422 m.

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

Recorded crime

405 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 168 events.

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