DH8 5PH

Delves Lane · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 5BP 268 m
DH8 5BE 283 m
DH8 8BH 285 m
DH8 5BF 337 m
DH8 5YR 370 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 5PH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 5
Latitude
54.844721
Longitude
-1.845814
British National Grid easting
410,000
British National Grid northing
550,000

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00183274
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 014H · E01034491
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 014 · E02004305

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
14
Secondary
1
  1. The Grove Primary School

    Community school

    775 m
  2. St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett

    Academy converter

    851 m
  3. Derwentside College

    Further education

    872 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,519
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 505
  • Shoplifting 257
  • Anti social behaviour 242
  • Criminal damage and arson 160
  • Public order 105

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH8 5 residents
7,064

Age bands in DH8 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,221 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

773 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

2,040 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,015 residents

Age 65 and over
16.6%

1,204 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    1.4 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    2.5 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

    GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP

    ODS code A83636

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Fell Coke Works

    BCT · Consett

    0.1 miles
  • Fell Coke Works

    BCT · Consett

    0.1 miles
  • Deneburn Grove

    BCT · The Grove

    0.2 miles
  • Deneburn Grove

    BCT · The Grove

    0.3 miles
  • St James Court

    BCT · Consett

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 014H, 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

5,325 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Grove Primary School is the nearest published school at 775 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,519 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 505 events.

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