SR8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Peterlee, Easington and Horden, 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 SR8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SR8, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SR8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR8 at a rate of 160.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across SR.
In August 2026 alone, 573 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,071), shoplifting (881) and other crime (846).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR8 was 152.0 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 SR8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR8 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SR8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 025A | 1,643 | 103.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| County Durham 025B | 1,124 | 566.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| County Durham 025C | 1,360 | 58.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.5% |
| County Durham 025D | 1,635 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.4% |
| County Durham 032A | 1,279 | 278.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| County Durham 032B | 1,879 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.9% |
| County Durham 032C | 1,243 | 201.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| County Durham 032D | 1,398 | 209.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| County Durham 032E | 1,559 | 137.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 032F | 1,655 | 100.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.0% |
| County Durham 035A | 1,131 | 126.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| County Durham 035B | 1,205 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| County Durham 035C | 1,461 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| County Durham 035D | 1,112 | 101.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.3% |
| County Durham 035E | 1,041 | 182.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.4% |
| County Durham 035F | 1,278 | 178.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 036A | 1,110 | 276.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| County Durham 036B | 1,358 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 036C | 1,625 | 367.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.1% |
| County Durham 036D | 1,456 | 91.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 037A | 1,072 | 461.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 77.2% |
| County Durham 037B | 1,169 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.1% |
| County Durham 037C | 1,493 | 162.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 87.1% |
| County Durham 037D | 1,189 | 58.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.4% |
| County Durham 037E | 1,532 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| County Durham 039E | 1,166 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
Your MP
- Grahame MorrisLabourMP for Easington
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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Nearest rail stations1
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SR8 in brief
SR8 is a postcode district covering Peterlee, Easington and Horden, in County Durham.
About 36,446 people lived in SR8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £86,750 in 2025 across 488 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 160.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR8 was £86,750 in 2025.
SR8 had 35,207 usual residents at the census.
In SR8, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SR8, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.