DH9 7NX

Craghead & South Moor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 6QA 39 m
DH9 7NQ 48 m
DH9 7NB 70 m
DH9 7NG 95 m
DH9 7NA 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 7NX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2000
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 7
Latitude
54.861392
Longitude
-1.697803
British National Grid easting
419,497
British National Grid northing
551,886

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104761
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 008B · E01020648
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 008 · E02004301

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
19
Secondary
3
  1. South Stanley Junior School

    Academy converter

    171 m
  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor

    Academy converter

    258 m
  3. South Stanley Infant and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    264 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,500
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 923
  • Criminal damage and arson 342
  • Shoplifting 336
  • Anti social behaviour 317
  • Public order 179

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH9 7 residents
8,190

Age bands in DH9 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

1,416 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

836 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.4%

2,031 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,221 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,495 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

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    963 m

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    980 m

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    2.5 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

    WEST ROAD SURGERY, 9 WEST ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7XT

    ODS code A83073

    2.6 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Tyne Rd East - Hollyhill Gdns West

    BCT · South Stanley

    0.1 miles
  • Tyne Rd East - Hollyhill Gdns West

    BCT · South Stanley

    0.1 miles
  • Thames Crescent

    BCT · South Stanley

    0.1 miles
  • Thames Crescent

    BCT · South Stanley

    0.1 miles
  • Southfields-Waveney Cres

    BCT · South Stanley

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 008B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,070 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

24 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. South Stanley Junior School is the nearest published school at 171 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,500 published events cover 12 months, averaging 208.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 923 events.

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