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DH8 5YB

Delves Lane · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 5YA 23 m
DH8 6NR 78 m
DH8 5RN 80 m
DH8 7JN 92 m
DH8 5RR 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 5YB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1999
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 5
Latitude
54.851339
Longitude
-1.828127
British National Grid easting
411,134
British National Grid northing
550,739

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Delves Lane · E05016172
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104725
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 010B · E01020640
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 010 · E02004303

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. Consett Infant School

    Community school

    340 m

  2. Learning for Life

    Special post 16 institution

    350 m

  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett

    Academy converter

    513 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,872
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 663
  • Shoplifting 261
  • Anti social behaviour 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 195
  • Public order 135

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

    23 m

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    1.8 km

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    2.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Delves Lane

    BCT · Consett

    0.0 miles

  • Station Road

    BCT · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Sherburn Terrace

    BCT · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Mortons Garage

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles

  • Sherburn Terrace

    BCT · Consett

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 010B, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,734 of 33,755

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

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Consett Infant School is the nearest published school at 340 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,872 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 663 events.

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