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SR8 3UN

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
DH6 2BY 420 m
DH6 2AX 456 m
SR8 3UL 606 m
DH6 2AY 699 m
DH6 2NH 778 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 3UN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3
Latitude
54.771693
Longitude
-1.384542
British National Grid easting
439,693
British National Grid northing
542,036

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
E04010619
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105312
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 025D · E01020756
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
32
Primary
21
Secondary
5

  1. Shotton Primary School

    Community school

    858 m

  2. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Easington CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
509
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 154
  • Criminal damage and arson 107
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Shoplifting 69
  • Public order 25

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

3 female, 3 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.0
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

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR8 3 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+
0%
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
100%
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

5

within 5 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    946 m

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    1.2 km

  • SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83627

    3.6 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    3.7 km

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83044

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mill Hill - Cook Way

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.5 miles

  • Schools

    BCT · Shotton Colliery

    0.6 miles

  • Schools

    BCT · Shotton Colliery

    0.6 miles

  • Fisher Price

    BCT · Peterlee

    0.6 miles

  • Front Street

    BCT · Shotton Colliery

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 025D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,354 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

32 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Shotton Primary School is the nearest published school at 858 m.

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

Recorded crime

509 published events cover 12 months, averaging 42.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 154 events.

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