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SR7 8GE

Murton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Murton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR7 8SW 0 m
SR7 8FT 504 m
SR7 8FU 531 m
SR7 8FR 572 m
SR7 8FS 580 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR7 8GE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 8
Latitude
54.812245
Longitude
-1.331255
British National Grid easting
443,078
British National Grid northing
546,580

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Murton · E05016184
Parish or community
E04010640
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105318
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 025C · E01020754
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 025 · E02004324

Postcode source versions

Explore SR7

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
12
Secondary
2

  1. Seaham Harbour Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    2.2 km

  2. Ropery Walk Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km

  3. Seaham Trinity Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
51
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Anti social behaviour 14
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Public order 5
  • Burglary 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SR7 8 residents
7,300

Age bands in SR7 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,111 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

774 residents

Age 25 to 44
20%

1,439 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,127 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,731 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • MARLBOROUGH SURGERY

    SEAHAM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, ST. JOHNS SQUARE, SEAHAM, SR7 7JE

    ODS code A83051

    2.6 km

  • BYRON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE AVENUE, DENESIDE, SEAHAM, SR7 8LF

    ODS code A83075

    3.0 km

  • THE NEW SEAHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    EASTDENE ROAD, EASTLEA, SEAHAM, SR7 8DY

    ODS code A83071

    3.3 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    THE SURGERY, 20 WOODS TERRACE EAST, MURTON, SEAHAM, SR7 9AB

    ODS code A83041

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Blair Way

    BCT · Dawdon

    0.8 miles

  • Blair Way

    BCT · Dawdon

    0.8 miles

  • Council Offices

    BCT · Dawdon

    1.0 miles

  • Council Offices

    BCT · Dawdon

    1.0 miles

  • Mount Stewart Street

    BCT · Dawdon

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 025C, 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

12,405 of 33,755

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

17 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools. Seaham Harbour Nursery School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

51 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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