Property market
The five-year median is £130,000 from 3,720 recorded sales in DH8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
DH8
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,753
- Current units
- 1,332
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 421
Postcode sectors in DH8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
22,674 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 10, Unsworth Gardens, Consett, DH8 5RX | 24 July 2026 | £105,000 |
| 15, Pontop View, Consett, DH8 7JB | 20 July 2026 | £105,000 |
| 9, John Street Square, Consett, DH8 5AR | 16 July 2026 | £17,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 23
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,283
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,283
- Anti social behaviour 508
- Criminal damage and arson 354
- Shoplifting 313
- Public order 216
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DH8 usual residents
- 39,859
- Age-profile population
- 39,972
Age bands in DH8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- 6,710 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10%
- 3,978 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- 9,706 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- 11,399 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 20.5%
- 8,179 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,306 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 97.1%
- Gigabit-capable
- 97.7%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,078 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 647 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 29 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE
STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA
ODS code A83018
LEADGATE SURGERY
GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP
ODS code A83636
QUEENS ROAD SURGERY
83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW
ODS code A83049
Evidence in context
Schools
23 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,283 published events cover 12 months, averaging 274 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,283 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.