SR8 3YT

Easington & Shotton · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Easington
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SR8 3HB 35 m
SR8 3HD 68 m
SR8 3EZ 84 m
SR8 3HA 92 m
SR8 3HF 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SR8 3YT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
SR
Postcode district
SR8
Postcode sector
SR8 3
Latitude
54.786657
Longitude
-1.335410
British National Grid easting
442,838
British National Grid northing
543,730

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010618
Westminster constituency
Easington · E14001211
Output area
E00105293
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 032B · E01020753
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 032 · E02004325

Postcode source versions

Explore SR8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
27
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Easington Colliery Primary School

    Community school

    247 m
  2. Rosemary Lane Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.3 km
  3. Easington Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,158
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 441
  • Shoplifting 228
  • Criminal damage and arson 152
  • Anti social behaviour 105
  • Other theft 62

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE HORDEN GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83044

    2.9 km

  • WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE

    MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW

    ODS code A83012

    3.2 km

  • SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE

    FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT

    ODS code A83619

    4.2 km

  • BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP

    BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ

    ODS code A83616

    4.4 km

  • MURTON MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A83041

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Glenhurst Road

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.0 miles
  • Glenhurst Road

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.1 miles
  • Seaside Lane-Easington Street

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.1 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.1 miles
  • Seaside Lane-Easington Street

    BCT · Easington Colliery

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 032B, 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

4,917 of 33,755

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

27 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Easington Colliery Primary School is the nearest published school at 247 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,158 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 441 events.

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