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DH7 9QJ

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 7QA 101 m
DH7 7PZ 160 m
DH7 7PY 191 m
DH7 7QE 217 m
DH7 7QF 244 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9QJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 1988
Terminated
1 December 1992
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.774213
Longitude
-1.647106
British National Grid easting
422,800
British National Grid northing
542,200

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
E00105123
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 031E · E01034495
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
29
Primary
18
Secondary
4

  1. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

    Community school

    430 m

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

    Academy converter

    442 m

  3. New Brancepeth Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    709 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
837
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 365
  • Anti social behaviour 146
  • Criminal damage and arson 88
  • Shoplifting 59
  • Public order 43

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    1.2 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83022

    3.1 km

  • BROWNEY HOUSE SURGERY

    FRONT STREET, LANGLEY PARK, DURHAM, DH7 9YT

    ODS code A83617

    3.3 km

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Station Hotel

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road Club

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.2 miles

  • Station Road Club

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.2 miles

  • Temperance Terrace

    BCT · Ushaw Moor

    0.3 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

29 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 430 m.

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

Recorded crime

837 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 365 events.

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