Hetton-le-Hole

Hetton-le-Hole is covered by postcode district DH5. It is in the Sunderland council area, England.

Typical price £151,000 Homes sold in Hetton-le-Hole, last 12 months. ▲ 11.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 222 of 250 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 8 of 250 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Hetton-le-Hole, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Hetton-le-Hole, by flood risk Of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 242 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hetton-le-Hole. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A182 DH5 0AA: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AB: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AD: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AE: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AF: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AH: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AL: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AN: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AP: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AR: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AS: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AT: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AU: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AW: not on the flood risk listDH5 0AX: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BA: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BB: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BG: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BH: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BL: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BN: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BP: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 0BW: not on the flood risk listDH5 0DA: not on the flood risk listDH5 0DB: not on 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the flood risk listDH5 9AH: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AL: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AN: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AP: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AT: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AU: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AW: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AX: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AY: not on the flood risk listDH5 9AZ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BA: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BB: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BD: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BE: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BG: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BH: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BL: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BN: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BP: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BW: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BX: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BY: not on the flood risk listDH5 9BZ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9DA: not on the flood risk listDH5 9DB: not on the flood risk listDH5 9DD: not on the flood risk 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listDH5 9PP: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PR: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PS: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PT: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PU: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PW: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PX: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PY: not on the flood risk listDH5 9PZ: not on the flood risk listDH5 9QE: not on the flood risk listDH5 9RS: not on the flood risk listDH5 9HH: low flood risk at worstDH5 9JG: low flood risk at worstDH5 9JS: low flood risk at worstDH5 9LG: low flood risk at worstDH5 0RH: high flood riskDH5 9DN: high flood riskDH5 9JN: high flood riskDH5 9JW: high flood risk Hetton-le-Hole Map of every postcode in Hetton-le-Hole, by flood risk Of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 242 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Hetton-le-Hole. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Hetton-le-Hole
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 4
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 242

Of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at low risk at worst and 242 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 54.8215, longitude -1.4531. 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

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

DH5 9JN3 at high riskDH5 9JW1 at high riskDH5 0RH1 at high riskDH5 9DN1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Hetton-le-Hole?

Homes sold for a typical £151,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. At 222 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 250 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Seaham, 7.1 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 Hetton-le-Hole?

Homes in Hetton-le-Hole sold for a typical £151,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 108 sales, up 11.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£151,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£135,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 11.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £235,000 25 sales
  • Semi-detached £165,000 36 sales
  • Terraced £102,000 46 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole DH5 district, Hetton-le-Hole's main postcode district: a typical £149,950.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Hetton-le-Hole: 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 Hetton-le-Hole?

19 of the 250 postcodes now in use in Hetton-le-Hole came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 135 homes sold in Hetton-le-Hole were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH5 district, 7%.

The newest postcodes

DH5 9GLsince September 2024DH5 9GBsince January 2023DH5 9GJsince October 2022DH5 9FXsince August 2022DH5 9FJsince July 2022DH5 9FLsince June 2022

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 Hetton-le-HoleAcross the DH5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 108 (Under 1%) 3 of 238 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 14 of 135 (10%) 23 of 319 (7%)

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 Hetton-le-Hole?

Ofcom reports on 250 of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole. At 222 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit222 of 250
Postcodes where every home can get superfast239 of 250

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 Hetton-le-Hole at risk of flooding?

8 of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole 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 11 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 8 of 250 postcodes High: 6Medium: 5Low: 34

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 Hetton-le-Hole?

The open schools at the postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole. 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 Hetton-le-Hole?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole is Seaham Rail Station, 7.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Seaham Rail Station Railway station 7.1 kmDrive
  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive
  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 9.5 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 Hetton-le-Hole?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole. 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 Hetton-le-Hole safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 947 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole 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. 120 September 2025
  2. 93 October 2025
  3. 104 November 2025
  4. 80 December 2025
  5. 43 January 2026
  6. 56 February 2026
  7. 71 March 2026
  8. 74 April 2026
  9. 81 May 2026
  10. 72 June 2026
  11. 71 July 2026
  12. 82 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences315 reports
Anti-social behaviour199 reports
Criminal damage and arson116 reports
Public order67 reports
Burglary66 reports
Vehicle crime45 reports
Other theft43 reports
Other crime42 reports

Also: shoplifting 27, drugs 13, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 4, robbery 4, 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 Hetton-le-Hole?

Council
Sunderland
Parliamentary constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Police force area
Northumbria
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)

All 250 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 Hetton-le-Hole

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Hetton-le-Hole postcodes

250 postcodes in use in Hetton-le-Hole, by district:

DH5 postcode district,250 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Hetton-le-Hole

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Hetton-le-Hole's £151,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Easington Lane1.8 km, £100,000Houghton-le-Spring2.7 km, £152,475West Rainton3.4 km, £145,000South Hetton3.8 km, £96,470Fence Houses4.0 km, £142,000Murton4.1 km, £100,000Newbottle4.3 km, £151,250Bournmoor5.6 km, £205,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Hetton-le-Hole

What is it like to live in Hetton-le-Hole?
Homes sold for a typical £151,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. At 222 of the 250 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 11 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 8 of its 250 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Seaham, 7.1 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 Hetton-le-Hole?
Hetton-le-Hole is covered by postcode district DH5, across 250 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Hetton-le-Hole in?
Hetton-le-Hole is in the Sunderland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Hetton-le-Hole?
Hetton-le-Hole is in the Houghton and Sunderland South parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Bridget Phillipson (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Hetton-le-Hole?
Homes in Hetton-le-Hole sold for a typical £151,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 108 sales, up 11.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Hetton-le-Hole?
In Hetton-le-Hole, primary schools at its postcodes include Hetton Primary School, Hetton Lyons Primary School and Eppleton Academy Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hetton Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Hetton-le-Hole have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole is Seaham, 7.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Hetton-le-Hole?
Ofcom reports on 250 of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole. At 222 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Hetton-le-Hole at risk of flooding?
8 of the 250 postcodes in Hetton-le-Hole 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 11 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 Hetton-le-Hole?
19 of the 250 postcodes now in use in Hetton-le-Hole came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 135 homes sold in Hetton-le-Hole were newly built (10%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH5 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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