DH3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bridge End, Birtley and Barley Mow, in County Durham and Gateshead.
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 DH3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DH3, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DH3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH3 at a rate of 103.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across DH.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (803), anti-social behaviour (524) and other crime (442).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH3 was 120.0 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 DH3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH3 has no single figure. Of its 16 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 007C | 1,676 | 179.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.4% |
| County Durham 007D | 1,809 | 44.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| County Durham 007E | 1,501 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 73.6% |
| County Durham 011B | 1,212 | 456.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| County Durham 013A | 1,518 | 161.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| County Durham 013B | 1,669 | 142.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.0% |
| County Durham 015D | 1,302 | 45.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.5% |
| County Durham 015E | 1,386 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.4% |
| Gateshead 025A | 1,620 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Gateshead 025B | 1,852 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.8% |
| Gateshead 025C | 2,659 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% |
| Gateshead 026A | 1,725 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% |
| Gateshead 026B | 1,501 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Gateshead 026C | 2,142 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.7% |
| Gateshead 026D | 1,432 | 140.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.6% |
| Gateshead 026E | 1,473 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.0% |
MPs for DH3
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham54% of DH3’s postcodes
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South46% of DH3’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham0.4% of DH3’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 DH33
Postcode sectors in DH35
Councils DH3 covers2
Towns in DH32
Postcode districts next to DH37
Nearest rail stations1
More in the DH postcode area2
DH3 in brief
DH3 is a postcode district covering Bridge End, Birtley and Barley Mow, in County Durham and Gateshead.
About 27,421 people lived in DH3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £197,000 in 2025 across 484 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 103.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH3 was £197,000 in 2025.
DH3 had 26,581 usual residents at the census.
In DH3, 91.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DH3, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.