Sacriston

Sacriston is covered by postcode district DH7. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £151,500 Homes sold in Sacriston, last 12 months. ▼ 8.5% on the year before Gigabit broadband 128 of 145 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 2 2 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Sacriston, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Sacriston, by flood risk Of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston that ONS places, 145 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sacriston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. DH7 6AB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6AY: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6BQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6DQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6FW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HY: not on the flood risk listDH7 6HZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JY: not on the flood risk listDH7 6JZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6LZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6ND: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NY: not on the flood risk listDH7 6NZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PA: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PS: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PT: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6PZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QB: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QL: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QN: not on the flood risk listDH7 6QQ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UP: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UR: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UU: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UW: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UX: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UY: not on the flood risk listDH7 6UZ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XD: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XE: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XF: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XG: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XH: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XJ: not on the flood risk listDH7 6XQ: not on the flood risk list Sacriston Map of every postcode in Sacriston, by flood risk Of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston that ONS places, 145 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Sacriston. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Sacriston
  • 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: 145

Of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston that ONS places, 145 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8199, longitude -1.6261. 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 Sacriston?

Homes sold for a typical £151,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 145 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 145 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 4.9 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 Sacriston?

Homes in Sacriston sold for a typical £151,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£151,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£165,500
12 months to August 2026
£151,500

▼ down 8.5% on the 12 months before

Detached£247,000 15 sales
Semi-detached£158,500 19 sales
Terraced£110,625 25 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole DH7 district, Sacriston's main postcode district: a typical £149,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Sacriston: 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 Sacriston?

5 of the 145 postcodes now in use in Sacriston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 96 homes sold in Sacriston were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH7 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

DH7 6FWsince December 2023DH7 6FRsince December 2022DH7 6FQsince July 2022DH7 6FPsince December 2021DH7 6FTsince December 2021

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 SacristonAcross the DH7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 60 (0%) 11 of 512 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 9 of 96 (9%) 59 of 628 (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 Sacriston?

Ofcom reports on 145 of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit128 of 145
Postcodes where every home can get superfast139 of 145

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 Sacriston at risk of flooding?

None of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston 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 Sacriston?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Sacriston. 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 Sacriston?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sacriston is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 4.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 4.9 kmCycle
  • Durham Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
  • Dunston Rail Station Railway station 14.5 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 Sacriston?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Sacriston. 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 Sacriston safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 757 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Sacriston 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. 67 September 2025
  2. 65 October 2025
  3. 57 November 2025
  4. 48 December 2025
  5. 60 January 2026
  6. 46 February 2026
  7. 75 March 2026
  8. 64 April 2026
  9. 49 May 2026
  10. 73 June 2026
  11. 74 July 2026
  12. 79 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences279 reports
Anti-social behaviour114 reports
Criminal damage and arson108 reports
Shoplifting80 reports
Public order43 reports
Burglary31 reports
Other theft31 reports
Other crime29 reports

Also: vehicle crime 25, drugs 11, theft from the person 3, possession of weapons 2, robbery 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 Sacriston?

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

All 145 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

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Sacriston postcodes

145 postcodes in use in Sacriston, by district:

DH7 postcode district,145 postcodes

That district is in the DH postcode area.

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Places near Sacriston

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Sacriston's £151,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Witton Gilbert1.5 km, £125,000Langley Park3.8 km, £136,250Ushaw Moor and Bearpark4.5 km, £127,500Chester-le-Street5.0 km, £172,000Durham5.5 km, £225,000Great Lumley5.7 km, £190,000Pelton5.9 km, £185,000Stanley6.8 km, £120,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Sacriston

What is it like to live in Sacriston?
Homes sold for a typical £151,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. At 128 of the 145 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 145 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 2 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 4.9 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 Sacriston?
Sacriston is covered by postcode district DH7, across 145 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Sacriston in?
Sacriston is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Sacriston?
Sacriston 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 Sacriston?
Homes in Sacriston sold for a typical £151,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 60 sales, down 8.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Sacriston?
In Sacriston, primary schools at its postcodes include St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston and Sacriston Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Framwellgate School Durham, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Sacriston have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Sacriston is Chester-le-Street, 4.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Sacriston?
Ofcom reports on 145 of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston. At 128 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Sacriston at risk of flooding?
None of the 145 postcodes in Sacriston 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 Sacriston?
5 of the 145 postcodes now in use in Sacriston came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 9 of the 96 homes sold in Sacriston were newly built (9%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH7 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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