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SR8 3QL

Easington & Shotton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Easington & Shotton
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR8 3RR 47 m
SR8 3QH 86 m
SR8 3QJ 103 m
SR8 3QB 124 m
SR8 3QA 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 3QL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3
Latitude
54.789916
Longitude
-1.323506
British National Grid easting
443,600
British National Grid northing
544,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Easington & Shotton · E05016174
Parish or community
E04010618
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105308
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 025B · E01020752
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 025 · E02004324

Postcode source versions

Explore SR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
15
Secondary
4

  1. Easington Colliery Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  2. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km

  3. Rosemary Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
965
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 356
  • Shoplifting 225
  • Criminal damage and arson 127
  • Anti social behaviour 72
  • Other theft 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SR8 3 residents
7,521

Age bands in SR8 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,220 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

753 residents

Age 25 to 44
24%

1,812 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

2,114 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,643 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

    SEA VIEW HEALTH CENTRE, FOURTH STREET, HORDEN, PETERLEE, SR8 4LD

    ODS code A83044

    3.0 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    3.6 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road-Office Street

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.2 miles

  • Methodist Church

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.2 miles

  • Station Road-Office Street

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.2 miles

  • Seaside Lane-Memorial Avenue

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 025B, 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

41 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
2 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Easington Colliery Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

965 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 356 events.

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