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DH99 1NS

Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DH99
Postcode sector
DH99 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH1 4FT 38 m
DH1 4FS 75 m
DH1 4FU 77 m
DH1 4FW 79 m
DH1 4FY 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH99 1NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH99
Postcode sector
DH99 1
Latitude
54.779268
Longitude
-1.578064
British National Grid easting
427,238
British National Grid northing
542,787

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · E05016175
Parish or community
E04012745
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00183273
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 033B · E01020702
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 033 · E02004315

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
26
Secondary
5

  1. Durham Sixth Form Centre

    Academy 16-19 converter

    333 m

  2. St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

    Academy converter

    735 m

  3. Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation

    Other independent school

    910 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,357
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,152
  • Shoplifting 606
  • Anti social behaviour 367
  • Public order 362
  • Criminal damage and arson 216

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    704 m

  • CHASTLETON MEDICAL GROUP

    NEWTON DRIVE, DURHAM, DH1 5BH

    ODS code A83036

    1.9 km

  • BELMONT & SHERBURN MEDICAL GROUP

    BROOMSIDE LANE, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2QW

    ODS code A83014

    3.3 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    3.4 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KELVIN HOUSE, 1-2 VICTOR TERRACE, BEARPARK, DURHAM, DH7 7DG

    ODS code A83030

    3.8 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Radisson Hotel Waterside

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Freeman's Place

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Railway Station

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Millburngate Stand D

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

  • Millburngate Stand C

    BCT · Durham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 033B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,161 of 33,755

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

37 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 5 secondary schools. Durham Sixth Form Centre is the nearest published school at 333 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,357 published events cover 12 months, averaging 279.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,152 events.

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