Dipton

Dipton is covered by postcode district DH9. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £154,000 Homes sold in Dipton, last 12 months. ▲ 10% on the year before Gigabit broadband 95 of 102 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Dipton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Dipton, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Dipton that ONS places, 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Dipton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A692 DH9 9AA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AG: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AN: not on the flood risk listDH9 9AQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BG: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BP: not on the flood risk listDH9 9BQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DD: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DN: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DR: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DS: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DT: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DU: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DW: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DX: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DY: not on the flood risk listDH9 9DZ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EG: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EN: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9ES: not on the flood risk listDH9 9ET: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EU: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EW: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EY: not on the flood risk listDH9 9EZ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9GA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HD: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HR: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HT: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HU: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HW: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HX: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HY: not on the flood risk listDH9 9HZ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JD: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JG: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JP: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JS: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JT: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JU: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JW: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JX: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JY: not on the flood risk listDH9 9JZ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LA: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LE: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LF: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LG: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LH: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LN: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LP: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LQ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LR: not on the flood risk listDH9 9LW: not on the flood risk listDH9 9NB: not on the flood risk listDH9 9XJ: not on the flood risk listDH9 9XL: not on the flood risk listDH9 9XN: not on the flood risk list Dipton Map of every postcode in Dipton, by flood risk Of the 102 postcodes in Dipton that ONS places, 102 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Dipton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Dipton
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 102

Of the 102 postcodes in Dipton that ONS places, 102 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. 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 54.8797, longitude -1.7563. 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

What is it like to live in Dipton?

Homes sold for a typical £154,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 102 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 102 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Drs Lambert & Ng, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 10.0 km 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. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Dipton?

Homes in Dipton sold for a typical £154,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 25 sales, up 10% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£154,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£140,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 10% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £156,250 8 sales
  • Terraced £131,000 14 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DH9 district, Dipton's main postcode district: a typical £125,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Dipton: 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 Dipton?

None of the 102 postcodes now in use in Dipton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Dipton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH9 district, 9%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn DiptonAcross the DH9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 25 (0%) 14 of 395 (4%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 45 (0%) 50 of 551 (9%)

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 Dipton?

Ofcom reports on 102 of the 102 postcodes in Dipton. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit95 of 102
Postcodes where every home can get superfast101 of 102

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.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

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

Is Dipton at risk of flooding?

None of the 102 postcodes in Dipton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Dipton?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Dipton. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Dipton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dipton is Blaydon Rail Station, 10.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Blaydon Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive
  • Metrocentre Rail Station Railway station 10.5 kmDrive
  • Dunston 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 Dipton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Dipton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Dipton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 280 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Dipton 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. 31 September 2025
  2. 26 October 2025
  3. 16 November 2025
  4. 22 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 23 February 2026
  7. 29 March 2026
  8. 22 April 2026
  9. 20 May 2026
  10. 23 June 2026
  11. 29 July 2026
  12. 24 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences98 reports
Anti-social behaviour56 reports
Criminal damage and arson29 reports
Other theft22 reports
Public order20 reports
Vehicle crime20 reports
Burglary11 reports
Drugs8 reports

Also: other crime 7, possession of weapons 6, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1, bicycle theft 1.

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 Dipton?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituencies
Blaydon and Consett (100) and North Durham (2)
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

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

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Dipton postcodes

102 postcodes in use in Dipton, by district:

DH9 postcode district,102 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Dipton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Dipton's £154,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Tantobie1.9 km, £137,800Annfield Plain2.3 km, £108,000Tanfield Lea2.9 km, £194,750Burnopfield3.3 km, £140,500Leadgate3.8 km, £119,975Stanley4.3 km, £120,000Rowlands Gill4.6 km, £190,000Chopwell5.7 km, £79,105 All places A to Z

Questions about Dipton

What is it like to live in Dipton?
Homes sold for a typical £154,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 10% on the 12 months before. At 95 of the 102 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 102 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Drs Lambert & Ng, 2.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 10.0 km 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 Dipton?
Dipton is covered by postcode district DH9, across 102 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Dipton in?
Dipton is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Dipton?
Homes in Dipton sold for a typical £154,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 25 sales, up 10% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Dipton?
In Dipton, primary schools at its postcodes include Collierley Nursery and Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Croft Community School, 2.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Dipton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Dipton is Blaydon, 10.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Dipton?
Ofcom reports on 102 of the 102 postcodes in Dipton. At 95 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Dipton at risk of flooding?
None of the 102 postcodes in Dipton is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Dipton?
None of the 102 postcodes now in use in Dipton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 45 homes sold in Dipton were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH9 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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