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SR7 9HU

Murton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Seaham
Ward
Murton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR7 9GX 191 m
SR7 9GW 234 m
SR7 9HX 253 m
SR7 9GQ 300 m
SR7 9GY 308 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR7 9HU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2003
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 9
Latitude
54.815326
Longitude
-1.374745
British National Grid easting
440,280
British National Grid northing
546,897

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Murton · E05016184
Parish or community
E04010670
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00171778
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 021D · E01033161
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 021 · E02004323

Postcode source versions

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Property

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6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
116, Dalton Park, Murton, Seaham, SR7 9HU 25 May 2021 £18,400,000
Unit 18, Dalton Park, Murton, Seaham, SR7 9HU 2 November 2018 £162,500
The Dancing Betty, 117, Dalton Park, Murton, Seaham, SR7 9HU 27 April 2017 £3,692,640

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. Ribbon School

    Academy converter

    854 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km

  3. Seaview Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,316
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 397
  • Shoplifting 303
  • Criminal damage and arson 155
  • Anti social behaviour 127
  • Public order 72

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
SR7 9 residents
7,257

Age bands in SR7 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

1,247 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

704 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.6%

1,857 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

1,963 residents

Age 65 and over
20.3%

1,469 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR7 9 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+
98.7%
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
98.7%
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

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    583 m

  • THE NEW SEAHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    EASTDENE ROAD, EASTLEA, SEAHAM, SR7 8DY

    ODS code A83071

    2.3 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

    SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH

    ODS code A83627

    2.8 km

  • BYRON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE AVENUE, DENESIDE, SEAHAM, SR7 8LF

    ODS code A83075

    2.9 km

  • MARLBOROUGH SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83051

    3.4 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

    FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ

    ODS code A89004

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Shopping Centre

    BCT · Dalton Park

    0.1 miles

  • Crossings

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

  • Dalton Terrace

    BCT · Murton

    0.2 miles

  • Dalton Terrace

    BCT · Murton

    0.2 miles

  • Crossings

    BCT · Murton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 021D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,040 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
Low risk addresses
4
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

20 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. Ribbon School is the nearest published school at 854 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,316 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 397 events.

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