# DH7

Postcode district covering Sacriston and Langley Park, in County Durham.

DH7 is a postcode district covering Sacriston and Langley Park, in County Durham. Median sale price £152,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 96.9 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code DH7. 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 DH7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £152,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DH7 was £152,000 in 2025. Joint 123rd 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/dh7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 42,604** (2021). DH7 had 42,604 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 366th 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/dh7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 91%** (2022). About 91% of people in DH7 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/dh7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 82.1%** (January 2026). In DH7, 82.1% 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/dh7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DH7) (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.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DH7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 629 homes were sold in DH7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DH7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DH7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DH7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DH7 had 42,604 usual residents at the census.

## How DH7 compares

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

| Measure | DH7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £152,000 | 5th most expensive | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2025 |
| Population | 42,604 | 2nd most populated | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 91% | most people in radon Affected Areas | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 82.1% | 3rd lowest | 9 postcode districts, DH · Jan 2026 |

## 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

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

## Neighbourhoods in DH7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [County Durham 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020619) | 1,578 | 104.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| [County Durham 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020620) | 1,556 | 144.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| [County Durham 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020621) | 2,042 | 96.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [County Durham 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020633) | 1,622 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 4.3% |
| [County Durham 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020664) | 1,593 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.2% |
| [County Durham 020C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020665) | 1,390 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.8% |
| [County Durham 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020666) | 1,388 | 19.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [County Durham 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020646) | 1,623 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 61.0% |
| [County Durham 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020658) | 1,871 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| [County Durham 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020659) | 1,380 | 106.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.9% |
| [County Durham 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020660) | 1,580 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 63.6% |
| [County Durham 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020679) | 1,542 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| [County Durham 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020680) | 1,647 | 117.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.0% |
| [County Durham 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020681) | 1,493 | 41.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.7% |
| [County Durham 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020714) | 1,463 | 65.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 52.3% |
| [County Durham 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020716) | 1,682 | 147.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 80.8% |
| [County Durham 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020705) | 1,676 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.6% |
| [County Durham 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020706) | 1,812 | 123.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 52.3% |
| [County Durham 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034494) | 1,527 | 92.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [County Durham 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034495) | 1,464 | 100.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.1% |
| [County Durham 033G](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034497) | 1,547 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.5% |
| [County Durham 033I](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034499) | 1,794 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% |
| [County Durham 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020685) | 1,610 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.6% |
| [County Durham 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020686) | 1,430 | 167.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| [County Durham 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020687) | 1,281 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| [County Durham 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020688) | 1,421 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| [County Durham 038E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020689) | 1,577 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |

## Your MP

- [City of Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham): Mary Kelly Foy (Labour), MP since July 2024. 68% of the people here.
- [North Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-durham): Luke Akehurst (Labour), MP since July 2024. 32% 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 DH7

[Bearpark & Witton Gilbert](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/bearpark-and-witton-gilbert), [Brandon & Brancepeth](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/brandon-and-brancepeth), [Esh Winning & Ushaw Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/esh-winning-and-ushaw-moor), [Lanchester](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/lanchester), [Langley Park & Satley](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/langley-park-and-satley), [Sacriston](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/sacriston)

## Postcode sectors in DH7

[DH7 0 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7-0), [DH7 6 (266 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7-6), [DH7 7 (210 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7-7), [DH7 8 (268 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7-8), [DH7 9 (306 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7-9)

## Council

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

## Towns in DH7

[Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham)

## Postcode districts next to DH7

[DH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1), [DH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh2), [DH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh6), [DH8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8), [DH9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh9), [DL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl13), [DL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl15), [DL16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl16)

## 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)

## 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DH7
- 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: 156 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,350*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 144

* 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

[DL13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl13), [DH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1), [DH8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh8), [DL15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl15), [DH9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh9), [DH2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh2)

## Latest updates for DH7

- 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/DH7

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7