DH7 9YZ

Langley & Esh · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH7 9SA 24 m
DH7 9SB 39 m
DH7 9XB 41 m
DH7 9TA 68 m
DH7 9SD 73 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH7 9YZ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH7
Postcode sector
DH7 9
Latitude
54.799440
Longitude
-1.670219
British National Grid easting
421,300
British National Grid northing
545,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010625
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00104828
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 024C · E01020659
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 024 · E02004307

Postcode source versions

Explore DH7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
16
Primary
13
Secondary
1
  1. Langley Park Primary School

    Academy converter

    327 m
  2. Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School

    Academy converter

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

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
437
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 170
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Criminal damage and arson 67
  • Shoplifting 33
  • Other theft 24

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

    107 m

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83030

    2.8 km

  • SACRISTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SACRISTON, DURHAM, DH7 6JW

    ODS code A83026

    3.5 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    3.9 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.0 miles
  • Quebec Street End

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles
  • Youth Centre

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles
  • The Rams Head

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles
  • Kingsway

    BCT · Langley Park

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 024C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,538 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
5 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

16 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. Langley Park Primary School is the nearest published school at 327 m.

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

Recorded crime

437 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 170 events.

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