Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is covered by postcode districts DH2, DH3 and NE38. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £172,000 Homes sold in Chester-le-Street, last 12 months. ▲ 1.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 495 of 568 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 31 of 589 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 193 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 8 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Chester-le-Street, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Chester-le-Street, by flood risk Of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 558 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 19 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Chester-le-Street. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A1(M)A693A167A183 DH2 1AB: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AE: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AG: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AN: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 1AY: not on the flood risk listDH2 1SR: not on the flood risk listDH2 1SS: not on the flood risk listDH2 1ST: not on the flood risk listDH2 1UR: not on the flood risk listDH2 1ZZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2BW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2DZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2ED: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2ER: not on the flood risk listDH2 2ES: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2EZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2FL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2FS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2HZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2JZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2LZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2ND: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2NY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TP: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TR: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TS: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TT: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TU: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TW: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TY: not on the flood risk listDH2 2TZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2UL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XA: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XB: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XD: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XE: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XF: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XG: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XH: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XL: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XN: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 2XW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AR: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AT: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AY: not on the flood risk listDH2 3AZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BT: not on the flood risk listDH2 3BW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DR: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DT: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DY: not on the flood risk listDH2 3DZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3ED: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3ES: not on the flood risk listDH2 3ET: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EY: not on the flood risk listDH2 3EZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HT: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HY: not on the flood risk listDH2 3HZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JB: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JR: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3JW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3RD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3RG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3RQ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SR: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3ST: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SY: not on the flood risk listDH2 3SZ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TD: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TE: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TF: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TG: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TH: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TJ: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TL: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TN: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TP: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TS: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TT: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TU: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TW: not on the flood risk listDH2 3TX: not on the flood risk listDH2 3UA: not on the flood risk listDH2 3UD: not on the flood risk listDH3 2AA: not on the flood risk listDH3 2AB: not on the flood risk listDH3 2AD: not on the flood risk listDH3 2AF: not on the flood risk listDH3 2AN: not on the flood risk listDH3 2BJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 2BN: not on the flood risk listDH3 2BP: not on the flood risk listDH3 2BW: not on the flood risk listDH3 2DL: not on the flood risk listDH3 2EB: not on the flood risk listDH3 2ED: not on the flood risk listDH3 2EE: not on the flood risk listDH3 2EF: not on the flood risk listDH3 2EG: not on the flood risk listDH3 2EQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3AZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3BP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DG: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3DY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3ED: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3ES: not on the flood risk listDH3 3ET: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3EY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3FB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3HY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JG: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3JZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3LY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3ND: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NG: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3NY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PG: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3PZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3QW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RT: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3RZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3ST: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3SY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TD: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TE: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TG: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TS: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TU: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3TZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UF: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UH: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UL: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UN: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UP: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UR: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UW: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UX: not on the flood risk listDH3 3UY: not on the flood risk listDH3 3XA: not on the flood risk listDH3 3XB: not on the flood risk listDH3 3YJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 3YQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AA: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AB: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AD: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AE: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AF: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AG: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AH: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AL: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AP: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AR: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AS: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AT: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AW: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AX: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AY: not on the flood risk listDH3 4AZ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BA: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BB: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BD: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BE: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BG: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BH: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BL: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BN: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BP: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BQ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4BW: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DA: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DB: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DD: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DE: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DF: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DG: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DH: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DJ: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DL: not on the flood risk listDH3 4DQ: not on the flood risk listNE38 9HH: not on the flood risk listNE38 9HJ: not on the flood risk listNE38 9HX: not on the flood risk listDH2 2AQ: low flood risk at worstDH3 3QG: low flood risk at worstDH3 3RP: low flood risk at worstDH3 3SU: low flood risk at worstDH3 3UZ: low flood risk at worstDH2 2AD: medium flood risk at worstDH3 3BE: high flood riskDH3 3BQ: high flood riskDH3 3DF: high flood riskDH3 3EB: high flood riskDH3 3EZ: high flood riskDH3 3QH: high flood riskDH3 3QJ: high flood riskDH3 3QL: high flood riskDH3 3QN: high flood riskDH3 3QR: high flood riskDH3 3QU: high flood riskDH3 3QX: high flood riskDH3 3RA: high flood riskDH3 3RE: high flood riskDH3 3RF: high flood riskDH3 3RH: high flood riskDH3 3RJ: high flood riskDH3 3RL: high flood riskDH3 3RR: high flood riskDH3 3SH: high flood riskDH3 3SJ: high flood riskDH3 3SR: high flood riskDH3 3TA: high flood riskDH3 3TF: high flood riskDH3 3UE: high flood risk Chester-le-Street 19 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DH3 3EZ, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk19 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Chester-le-Street, by flood risk Of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 558 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 19 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Chester-le-Street. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A693 Chester-le-Street
  • A home or business at high risk: 25
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 558
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street that ONS places, 25 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 558 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8562, longitude -1.5807. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

25 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DH3 3EZ20 at high riskDH3 3QH19 at high riskDH3 3RH19 at high riskDH3 3EB15 at high riskDH3 3TF11 at high riskDH3 3SJ10 at high riskDH3 3QJ10 at high riskDH3 3RA9 at high riskDH3 3RJ9 at high riskDH3 3BE8 at high riskDH3 3QL8 at high riskDH3 3BQ7 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 19 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DH3 3EZ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Chester-le-Street?

Homes sold for a typical £172,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 495 of the 568 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 193 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 589 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 250 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Chester-le-Street?

Homes in Chester-le-Street sold for a typical £172,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 288 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£172,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£169,973
12 months to August 2026
£172,000

▲ up 1.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£352,500 66 sales
Semi-detached£190,000 95 sales
Terraced£130,000 90 sales
Flat or maisonette£90,000 37 sales

Across the whole DH2 district, Chester-le-Street's main postcode district: a typical £165,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chester-le-Street: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Chester-le-Street?

13 of the 589 postcodes now in use in Chester-le-Street came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 378 homes sold in Chester-le-Street were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH2 district, 16%.

The newest postcodes

DH3 3ASsince May 2026DH3 3NLsince December 2025DH3 9FTsince September 2025DH3 9GJsince January 2025DH3 9GHsince December 2024DH3 9GFsince November 2024

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Chester-le-StreetAcross the DH2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 288 (0%) 21 of 343 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 6 of 378 (2%) 77 of 486 (16%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Chester-le-Street?

Ofcom reports on 568 of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street. At 495 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit495 of 568
Postcodes where every home can get superfast553 of 568

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Chester-le-Street at risk of flooding?

31 of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 193 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 31 of 589 postcodes High: 177Medium: 16Low: 68

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Chester-le-Street?

The open schools at the postcodes in Chester-le-Street. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Chester-le-Street?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chester-le-Street is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 250 m away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 250 mWalk
  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 8.5 kmDrive
  • Heworth Rail Station Railway station 10.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Chester-le-Street?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Chester-le-Street. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Chester-le-Street safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 2,612 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chester-le-Street over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 193 September 2025
  2. 212 October 2025
  3. 169 November 2025
  4. 179 December 2025
  5. 169 January 2026
  6. 191 February 2026
  7. 251 March 2026
  8. 236 April 2026
  9. 289 May 2026
  10. 247 June 2026
  11. 230 July 2026
  12. 246 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences824 reports
Anti-social behaviour469 reports
Shoplifting379 reports
Criminal damage and arson327 reports
Public order172 reports
Other theft149 reports
Burglary79 reports
Other crime66 reports

Also: vehicle crime 64, drugs 39, robbery 19, possession of weapons 15, theft from the person 8, bicycle theft 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Chester-le-Street?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
North Durham
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Luke Akehurst (Labour)

All 589 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Chester-le-Street

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Chester-le-Street postcodes

589 postcodes in use in Chester-le-Street, by district:

DH2 postcode district,308 postcodesDH3 postcode district,278 postcodesNE38 postcode district,3 postcodes

Those districts are in the DH postcode area and NE postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Chester-le-Street

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chester-le-Street's £172,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Pelton2.7 km, £185,000Ouston3.1 km, £170,000Great Lumley3.2 km, £190,000Bournmoor4.0 km, £205,000Birtley4.3 km, £174,225Sacriston5.0 km, £151,500Fence Houses5.2 km, £142,000Shiney Row and Penshaw5.8 km, £160,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Chester-le-Street

What is it like to live in Chester-le-Street?
Homes sold for a typical £172,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. At 495 of the 568 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 193 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 31 of its 589 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 250 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Chester-le-Street?
Chester-le-Street is covered by postcode districts DH2, DH3 and NE38, across 589 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Chester-le-Street in?
Chester-le-Street is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Chester-le-Street?
Chester-le-Street is in the North Durham parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Luke Akehurst (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Chester-le-Street?
Homes in Chester-le-Street sold for a typical £172,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 288 sales, up 1.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Chester-le-Street?
In Chester-le-Street, primary schools at its postcodes include Bullion Lane Primary School, Cestria Primary School and Newker Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Park View School and Hermitage Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Chester-le-Street have a railway station?
Yes: Chester-le-Street is 250 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Chester-le-Street, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Chester-le-Street?
Ofcom reports on 568 of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street. At 495 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Chester-le-Street at risk of flooding?
31 of the 589 postcodes in Chester-le-Street have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 193 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Chester-le-Street?
13 of the 589 postcodes now in use in Chester-le-Street came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 6 of the 378 homes sold in Chester-le-Street were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH2 district, 16%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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