DH8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Consett and Leadgate, 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 DH8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in DH8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DH8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH8 at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 414 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,353), anti-social behaviour (655) and other crime (553).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH8 was 78.8 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 DH8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH8 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 003A | 1,492 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 90.1% |
| County Durham 003B | 1,804 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 58.2% |
| County Durham 003C | 1,823 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| County Durham 003E | 1,419 | 34.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 81.5% |
| County Durham 003F | 1,462 | 60.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.0% |
| County Durham 010A | 1,693 | 63.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| County Durham 010B | 2,222 | 296.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 71.7% |
| County Durham 010C | 2,169 | 85.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.5% |
| County Durham 010D | 1,356 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 72.3% |
| County Durham 010E | 2,031 | 189.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 72.8% |
| County Durham 010F | 1,546 | 69.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.7% |
| County Durham 012A | 2,390 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.1% |
| County Durham 012B | 1,702 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.9% |
| County Durham 012C | 2,043 | 80.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.5% |
| County Durham 012D | 1,434 | 171.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.8% |
| County Durham 012E | 1,434 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.9% |
| County Durham 014A | 1,350 | 73.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| County Durham 014B | 1,590 | 126.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.4% |
| County Durham 014C | 1,643 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.7% |
| County Durham 014E | 1,533 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| County Durham 014F | 1,239 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| County Durham 014G | 1,551 | 102.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.7% |
| County Durham 014H | 1,283 | 108.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.7% |
| Northumberland 043F | 1,089 | 62.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 26.3% |
MPs for DH8
- Liz TwistLabourMP for Blaydon and Consett82% of DH8’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham8.0% of DH8’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham6.8% of DH8’s postcodes
- Dr Sam RushworthLabourMP for Bishop Auckland2.9% of DH8’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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Council1
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DH8 in brief
DH8 is a postcode district covering Consett and Leadgate, in County Durham.
About 40,842 people lived in DH8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £147,950 in 2025 across 691 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 90.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH8 was £147,950 in 2025.
DH8 had 39,960 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in DH8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH8, 80.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.