DH7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sacriston and Langley Park, 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 DH7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 91% of people in DH7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DH7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH7 at a rate of 96.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 327 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,609), anti-social behaviour (810) and other crime (616).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH7 was 86.0 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 DH7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH7 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 019C | 1,578 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| County Durham 019D | 1,556 | 144.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| County Durham 019E | 2,042 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| County Durham 020A | 1,622 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 4.3% |
| County Durham 020B | 1,593 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.2% |
| County Durham 020C | 1,390 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| County Durham 020D | 1,388 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| County Durham 024A | 1,623 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 61.0% |
| County Durham 024B | 1,871 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| County Durham 024C | 1,380 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| County Durham 024D | 1,580 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.6% |
| County Durham 026A | 1,542 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| County Durham 026B | 1,647 | 117.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| County Durham 026C | 1,493 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.7% |
| County Durham 026D | 1,463 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 52.3% |
| County Durham 026E | 1,682 | 147.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.8% |
| County Durham 031A | 1,676 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.6% |
| County Durham 031B | 1,812 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.3% |
| County Durham 031D | 1,527 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| County Durham 031E | 1,464 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.1% |
| County Durham 033G | 1,547 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.5% |
| County Durham 033I | 1,794 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| County Durham 038A | 1,610 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.6% |
| County Durham 038B | 1,430 | 167.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| County Durham 038C | 1,281 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| County Durham 038D | 1,421 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| County Durham 038E | 1,577 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
MPs for DH7
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham68% of DH7’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham32% of DH7’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.
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DH7 in brief
DH7 is a postcode district covering Sacriston and Langley Park, in County Durham.
About 43,350 people lived in DH7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £152,000 in 2025 across 629 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH7 was £152,000 in 2025.
DH7 had 42,604 usual residents at the census.
About 91% of people in DH7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH7, 82.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.