DH2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Canada and Chester Moor, in County Durham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DH2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 36% of people in DH2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DH2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH2 at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 244 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (974), anti-social behaviour (581) and criminal damage and arson (413).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH2 was 76.4 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DH2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH2 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 002A | 1,330 | 21.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.4% |
| County Durham 002B | 1,402 | 65.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.6% |
| County Durham 002C | 1,532 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.1% |
| County Durham 002D | 1,458 | 18.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| County Durham 005B | 1,687 | 98.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| County Durham 005C | 1,625 | 178.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 005D | 2,455 | 51.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| County Durham 007A | 1,583 | 98.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 007B | 1,391 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 011A | 1,504 | 196.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 011C | 1,709 | 115.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.4% |
| County Durham 011D | 1,384 | 49.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| County Durham 011E | 1,877 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.1% |
| County Durham 011F | 1,928 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| County Durham 013C | 1,435 | 54.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| County Durham 013D | 1,638 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 013E | 1,642 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| County Durham 019A | 1,397 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.9% |
| County Durham 019B | 1,852 | 123.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.5% |
MPs for DH2
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham99% of DH2’s postcodes
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South0.7% of DH2’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DH24
Postcode sectors in DH23
Council1
Towns in DH21
Postcode districts next to DH26
Nearest rail stations1
More in the DH postcode area2
DH2 in brief
DH2 is a postcode district covering Canada and Chester Moor, in County Durham.
About 31,910 people lived in DH2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 460 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH2 was £160,000 in 2025.
DH2 had 30,671 usual residents at the census.
About 36% of people in DH2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH2, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.