# DH1

Postcode district covering Durham and Gilesgate Moor, in County Durham.

DH1 is a postcode district covering Durham and Gilesgate Moor, in County Durham. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 120.5 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code DH1. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh)

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 DH1 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DH1 was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 561st cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 52,581** (2021). DH1 had 52,581 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 166th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 84%** (2022). About 84% of people in DH1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 75.5%** (January 2026). In DH1, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DH1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 84% of people in DH1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DH1) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 618 homes were sold in DH1 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DH1) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DH1.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DH1) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DH1 had 52,581 usual residents at the census.

## How DH1 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DH1 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £225,000 | most expensive | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2025 |
| Population | 52,581 | most populated | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 84% | 3rd most people in radon Affected Areas | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 75.5% | lowest | 9 postcode districts, DH · Jan 2026 |

## Is DH1 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH1 at a rate of 120.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 516 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,018), other crime (1,174) and anti-social behaviour (1,165).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH1 was 113.1 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 DH1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH1 has no single figure. Of its 28 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 12 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DH1

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [County Durham 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020709) | 2,617 | 179.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 76.3% |
| [County Durham 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020717) | 1,524 | 23.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| [County Durham 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020718) | 1,304 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 64.1% |
| [County Durham 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020719) | 1,188 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.6% |
| [County Durham 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020721) | 1,089 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 44.3% |
| [County Durham 023A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020708) | 1,223 | 120.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.8% |
| [County Durham 023B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020710) | 1,689 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.9% |
| [County Durham 023C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020711) | 1,880 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [County Durham 023D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020720) | 1,403 | 34.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| [County Durham 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020682) | 1,803 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.1% |
| [County Durham 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020683) | 1,588 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 77.6% |
| [County Durham 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020690) | 1,267 | 99.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.5% |
| [County Durham 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020691) | 1,318 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| [County Durham 028E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020692) | 1,449 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 56.3% |
| [County Durham 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020693) | 1,346 | 404.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
| [County Durham 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020722) | 1,963 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [County Durham 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020723) | 1,706 | 335.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 80.8% |
| [County Durham 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020724) | 1,732 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [County Durham 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020703) | 2,569 | 333.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 52.9% |
| [County Durham 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01033195) | 1,552 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 43.3% |
| [County Durham 030F](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01033197) | 2,083 | 122.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.1% |
| [County Durham 030H](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034493) | 6,464 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 36.7% |
| [County Durham 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020702) | 2,743 | 268.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 74.2% |
| [County Durham 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020704) | 1,849 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 79.0% |
| [County Durham 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020712) | 1,777 | 52.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.5% |
| [County Durham 033F](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034496) | 1,612 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 82.5% |
| [County Durham 033H](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034498) | 1,978 | 14.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.1% |
| [County Durham 041D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020732) | 2,363 | 49.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.4% |

## Your MP

- [City of Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham): Mary Kelly Foy (Labour), MP since July 2024. 100% of the people here.
- [Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newton-aycliffe-and-spennymoor): Alan Strickland (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in DH1

[Aykley Heads, Neville's Cross & Langley Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/aykley-heads-nevilles-cross-and-langley-moor), [Belmont & Carrville](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/belmont-and-carrville), [Durham City](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/durham-city), [Gilesgate & Old Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/gilesgate-and-old-durham), [Newton Hall & Brasside](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/newton-hall-and-brasside), [Pity Me & Framwellgate Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/pity-me-and-framwellgate-moor)

## Postcode sectors in DH1

[DH1 1 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-1), [DH1 2 (271 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-2), [DH1 3 (216 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-3), [DH1 4 (229 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-4), [DH1 5 (329 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-5), [DH1 9 (52 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1-9)

## Council

[County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)

## Towns in DH1

[Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/durham)

## Postcode districts next to DH1

[DH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh2), [DH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh3), [DH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4), [DH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh6), [DH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7)

## Nearest rail stations

[Durham (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5817,54.7794)

## More in the DH postcode area

[All DH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DH1 in brief

DH1 is a postcode district covering Durham and Gilesgate Moor, in County Durham.
About 54,293 people lived in DH1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 618 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH1 was £225,000 in 2025.
DH1 had 52,581 usual residents at the census.
About 84% of people in DH1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH1, 75.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DH1
- Postcode area: [DH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh)
- Constituency: [City of Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham)
- Council: [County Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)
- Area: 52.38 km²
- People, mid-2024: 54,293*
- Neighbourhoods: 28
- Output areas: 148

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh6), [DH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7), [DH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4), [DH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh2), [DH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh3)

## Latest updates for DH1

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DH1

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1