SR7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Seaham, Murton and Northlea, 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 SR7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 99% of people in SR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SR7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR7 at a rate of 140.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 416 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,237), anti-social behaviour (877) and shoplifting (692).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR7 was 120.4 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 SR7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR7 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SR7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 016A | 1,079 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| County Durham 016D | 1,523 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.6% |
| County Durham 016E | 1,802 | 85.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| County Durham 016F | 2,007 | 82.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.7% |
| County Durham 016H | 2,145 | 68.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.9% |
| County Durham 017A | 1,397 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 017B | 1,107 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| County Durham 017C | 1,705 | 110.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.6% |
| County Durham 017D | 1,247 | 105.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.0% |
| County Durham 017E | 1,223 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| County Durham 017F | 1,487 | 485.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.1% |
| County Durham 018A | 1,778 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| County Durham 018B | 1,235 | 238.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 018C | 1,215 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 018D | 1,320 | 103.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| County Durham 018E | 1,492 | 118.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| County Durham 018F | 1,619 | 212.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| County Durham 021C | 1,731 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| County Durham 021D | 1,500 | 360.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.8% |
| County Durham 021E | 1,271 | 195.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.4% |
MPs for SR7
- Grahame MorrisLabourMP for Easington100% of SR7’s postcodes
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South0.3% of SR7’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 SR74
Postcode sectors in SR75
Council1
Towns in SR71
Postcode districts next to SR75
Nearest rail stations1
More in the SR postcode area2
SR7 in brief
SR7 is a postcode district covering Seaham, Murton and Northlea, in County Durham.
About 31,131 people lived in SR7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £124,475 in 2025 across 400 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 140.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR7 was £124,475 in 2025.
SR7 had 30,378 usual residents at the census.
About 99% of people in SR7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR7, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.