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DH9 6SJ

Pelton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Pelton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 6SL 163 m
DH9 6SH 195 m
DH9 6SW 421 m
DH9 6SQ 433 m
DH9 6SP 556 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 6SJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6
Latitude
54.867209
Longitude
-1.648633
British National Grid easting
422,650
British National Grid northing
552,548

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Pelton · E05016187
Parish or community
E04010706
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104544
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 005A · E01020606
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 005 · E02004291

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
21
Secondary
3

  1. West Pelton Primary School

    Community school

    433 m

  2. Beamish Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Roseberry Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
275
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 122
  • Anti social behaviour 43
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Other theft 21
  • Burglary 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
DH9 6 residents
10,874

Age bands in DH9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,125 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,178 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,819 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,833 residents

Age 65 and over
18.1%

1,979 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH9 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

    21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ

    ODS code A83637

    2.7 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS

    ODS code A83033

    3.0 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    3.2 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.4 km

  • CESTRIA HEALTH CENTRE

    WHITEHILL WAY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 3DJ

    ODS code A83050

    3.7 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Twizell Road End

    BCT · West Pelton

    0.3 miles

  • Council Yard

    BCT · West Pelton

    0.3 miles

  • Council Yard

    BCT · West Pelton

    0.3 miles

  • Twizell Road End

    BCT · West Pelton

    0.4 miles

  • Twizell Road End

    BCT · West Pelton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 005A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

2,361 of 33,755

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

25 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Pelton Primary School is the nearest published school at 433 m.

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

Recorded crime

275 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 122 events.

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