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DH9 7XW

Craghead & South Moor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Craghead & South Moor
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 7RX 198 m
DH9 7RU 347 m
DH9 7UW 451 m
DH9 7UL 459 m
DH9 7UH 479 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 7XW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 7
Latitude
54.851821
Longitude
-1.731983
British National Grid easting
417,307
British National Grid northing
550,812

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Craghead & South Moor · E05016168
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104894
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 009E · E01020672
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 009 · E02004302

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
20
Secondary
3

  1. Annfield Plain Infant School

    Academy converter

    643 m

  2. Annfield Plain Junior School

    Academy converter

    675 m

  3. Catchgate Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
813
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 341
  • Criminal damage and arson 119
  • Anti social behaviour 109
  • Public order 59
  • Other theft 40

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    596 m

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    743 m

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    2.8 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    3.0 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    3.2 km

  • LANCHESTER MEDICAL CENTRE

    DURHAM ROAD, LANCHESTER, DURHAM, DH7 0LP

    ODS code A83072

    3.6 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83636

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Morrison Busty

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.0 miles

  • Morrison Busty

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.0 miles

  • Durham Road End

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.2 miles

  • Durham Road End

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.3 miles

  • South View - Watsons Garage

    BCT · Annfield Plain

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 009E, 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

2,751 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
4 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 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Annfield Plain Infant School is the nearest published school at 643 m.

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

Recorded crime

813 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 341 events.

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