Stanley
Stanley is covered by postcode districts DH9 and DL16. It is in the County Durham council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Stanley (County Durham).
Every postcode in Stanley, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 540
Of the 543 postcodes in Stanley that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 540 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 54.8669, longitude -1.6935. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 3 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Stanley?
Homes sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 31.9% on the 12 months before. At 354 of the 541 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 543 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 7.5 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 Stanley?
Homes in Stanley sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 210 sales, up 31.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £225,000 37 sales
- Semi-detached £131,000 56 sales
- Terraced £91,000 113 sales
- Flat or maisonette 4 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DH9 district, Stanley's main postcode district: a typical £125,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Stanley: 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 Stanley?
3 of the 543 postcodes now in use in Stanley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 236 homes sold in Stanley were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH9 district, 9%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Stanley | Across the DH9 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 210 (0%) | 14 of 395 (4%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 236 (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 Stanley?
Ofcom reports on 541 of the 543 postcodes in Stanley. At 354 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Stanley at risk of flooding?
2 of the 543 postcodes in Stanley 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 none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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 Stanley?
The open schools at the postcodes in Stanley (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School450 m 113 pupils, 180 places
- South Stanley Junior School450 m 146 pupils, 208 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley550 m 203 pupils, 236 places
- Stanley Burnside Primary School700 m 174 pupils, 210 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor800 m 75 pupils, 105 places
- East Stanley School850 m 174 pupils, 254 places
- Bloemfontein Primary School1.2 km 127 pupils, 200 places
- Greenland Community Primary School1.3 km 318 pupils, 357 places
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 Stanley?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stanley is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 7.5 km away in a straight line.
- Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 7.5 kmDrive
- Dunston Rail Station Railway station 9.8 kmDrive
- Metrocentre Rail Station Railway station 10.4 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 Stanley?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Stanley. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Stanley Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01207 285800 450 mWalk
- Tanfield View Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01207 232384 600 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Stanley safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,154 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Stanley 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
- 226 September 2025
- 267 October 2025
- 290 November 2025
- 215 December 2025
- 193 January 2026
- 210 February 2026
- 270 March 2026
- 263 April 2026
- 314 May 2026
- 283 June 2026
- 346 July 2026
- 277 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 83, drugs 43, possession of weapons 28, robbery 19, theft from the person 10, 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 postcodeSource: 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 Stanley?
- Council
- County Durham
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Durham
- Police force area
- Durham
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
- MP
- Luke Akehurst (Labour)
All 543 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 Stanley
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell County Durham about council tax Council tax, on durham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Stanley
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Stanley postcodes
543 postcodes in use in Stanley, by district:
Those districts are in the DH postcode area and DL 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 Stanley
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Stanley's £120,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Stanley
- What is it like to live in Stanley?
- Homes sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 31.9% on the 12 months before. At 354 of the 541 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 2 of its 543 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 7.5 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 Stanley?
- Stanley is covered by postcode districts DH9 and DL16, across 543 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Stanley in?
- Stanley is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Stanley?
- Stanley 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 Stanley?
- Homes in Stanley sold for a typical £120,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 210 sales, up 31.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Stanley?
- In Stanley, primary schools at its postcodes include South Stanley Infant and Nursery School, South Stanley Junior School and St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley; secondary schools at its postcodes include North Durham Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Stanley have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Stanley is Chester-le-Street, 7.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Stanley?
- Ofcom reports on 541 of the 543 postcodes in Stanley. At 354 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Stanley at risk of flooding?
- 2 of the 543 postcodes in Stanley 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 none of the 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 Stanley?
- 3 of the 543 postcodes now in use in Stanley came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 236 homes sold in Stanley 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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