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SR7 9JR

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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR7 9JT 12 m
SR7 9JW 70 m
SR7 9JS 81 m
SR7 9JP 87 m
SR7 9DY 89 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR7 9JR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2002
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR7
Postcode sector
SR7 9
Latitude
54.821013
Longitude
-1.384928
British National Grid easting
439,620
British National Grid northing
547,524

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
E00105417
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 018E · E01020773
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 018 · E02004322

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
16
Secondary
3

  1. Ribbon School

    Academy converter

    292 m

  2. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton

    Voluntary aided school

    764 m

  3. Westlea Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,438
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 451
  • Shoplifting 302
  • Criminal damage and arson 171
  • Anti social behaviour 143
  • Public order 78

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    458 m

  • THE NEW SEAHAM MEDICAL GROUP

    EASTDENE ROAD, EASTLEA, SEAHAM, SR7 8DY

    ODS code A83071

    2.0 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

    3.6 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Mann Crescent

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

  • Truro Avenue

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

  • Truro Avenue

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

  • Police Station

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

  • Toft Crescent

    BCT · Murton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 018E, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,859 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Ribbon School is the nearest published school at 292 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,438 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 451 events.

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