We found 20 areas near durham (city) matching your idea of a nice area!

You searched for areas within 15 miles

Filtering to only show areas that have comparatively:

low crime rate

click here to adjust filters

Remember, these results are limited to Top 20 closest matches - click on a listing below to get detailed information about the area or via the map above.

1

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE43

SECTOR

NE43 7

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural white-collar workers

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£56K
AVG
£285K
MED
£240K
MAX
£895K

Scores 63/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 38
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (350) and average salary (£28,635) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

2

view on map

AREA

DH

DISTRICT

DH8

SECTOR

DH8 9

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Agricultural communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£60K
AVG
£226K
MED
£170K
MAX
£780K

Scores 41/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 5
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (23) and average salary (£26,049) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

3

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL13

SECTOR

DL13 5

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural life

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£15K
AVG
£106K
MED
£74K
MAX
£325K

Scores 5/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 37
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (333) and average salary (£32,098) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

4

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL2

SECTOR

DL2 3

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural white-collar workers

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£72K
AVG
£199K
MED
£160K
MAX
£698K

Scores 37/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,904) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

5

view on map

AREA

TS

DISTRICT

TS21

SECTOR

TS21 2

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Semi-detached ageing

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£74K
AVG
£196K
MED
£188K
MAX
£450K

Scores 49/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,901) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

6

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL13

SECTOR

DL13 3

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Agricultural communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£17K
AVG
£212K
MED
£175K
MAX
£660K

Scores 43/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 36
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (333) and average salary (£32,098) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

7

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE39

SECTOR

NE39 1

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

White suburban communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£88K
AVG
£222K
MED
£180K
MAX
£765K

Scores 46/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 48
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (601) and average salary (£28,805) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

8

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE16

SECTOR

NE16 6

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural white-collar workers

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£53K
AVG
£139K
MED
£125K
MAX
£425K

Scores 22/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 48
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (603) and average salary (£28,805) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

9

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL13

SECTOR

DL13 2

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Agricultural communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£48K
AVG
£122K
MED
£100K
MAX
£400K

Scores 13/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 1
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (3) and average salary (£25,950) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

10

view on map

AREA

TS

DISTRICT

TS21

SECTOR

TS21 4

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural life

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£20K
AVG
£71K
MED
£64K
MAX
£200K

Scores 2/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,901) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

11

view on map

AREA

TS

DISTRICT

TS21

SECTOR

TS21 3

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Detached rural retirement

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£57K
AVG
£166K
MED
£150K
MAX
£405K

Scores 33/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,901) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

12

view on map

AREA

TS

DISTRICT

TS21

SECTOR

TS21 1

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Rural life

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£55K
AVG
£247K
MED
£200K
MAX
£1.8M

Scores 52/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,901) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

13

view on map

AREA

DH

DISTRICT

DH7

SECTOR

DH7 0

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Established farming communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£17K
AVG
£158K
MED
£140K
MAX
£475K

Scores 29/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 38
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (362) and average salary (£31,524) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

14

view on map

AREA

DH

DISTRICT

DH8

SECTOR

DH8 0

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Self-sufficient retirement

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£18K
AVG
£161K
MED
£147K
MAX
£465K

Scores 32/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 10
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (45) and average salary (£24,274) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

15

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE38

SECTOR

NE38 9

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Detached retirement living

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£62K
AVG
£215K
MED
£170K
MAX
£610K

Scores 42/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 56
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (703) and average salary (£30,040) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

16

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL13

SECTOR

DL13 4

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Industrious hardship

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£26K
AVG
£80K
MED
£70K
MAX
£235K

Scores 4/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 36
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (333) and average salary (£32,098) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

17

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

DH3

SECTOR

DH3 4

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Semi-detached ageing

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£59K
AVG
£189K
MED
£160K
MAX
£485K

Scores 38/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 39
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (387) and average salary (£31,746) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

18

view on map

AREA

DL

DISTRICT

DL17

SECTOR

DL17 9

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

Industrious hardship

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£16K
AVG
£109K
MED
£83K
MAX
£405K

Scores 7/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 81
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (1,904) and average salary (£29,328) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

19

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE40

SECTOR

NE40 4

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

White suburban communities

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£30K
AVG
£125K
MED
£110K
MAX
£325K

Scores 16/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 47
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (593) and average salary (£28,767) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

20

view on map

AREA

NE

DISTRICT

NE39

SECTOR

NE39 2

District Crime Sector Crime House Prices Jobs Nearby
TOP TYPE OF RESIDENT

White professionals

PROPERTY PRICE RANGE
MIN
£40K
AVG
£130K
MED
£105K
MAX
£450K

Scores 14/100 for price in UK (* higher is more expensive)

Local Jobs Score
0 100 47
* score is based on all jobs advertised within 10 miles (594) and average salary (£28,805) as compared to other sectors across the country.
Updating schools/colleges ...
Updating train stations ...
Updating motorway junctions ...

We have combed through our database of statistics and found the top 20 areas matching your search for a nice areas and bad areas near Durham, County Durham, North East. Depending upon the filters you set - the number one location displayed should be a good place to live ... or maybe not?

How to use this website - back to top

We have produced many tools to help narrow down that tedious search process when looking for somewhere to live. In order to not add to the hassle everything you find here has been tailored to be as simple to use as possible.

Currently updated for all locations in England, Wales and Scotland we will be updating in due course to include Northern Ireland.

Please follow these steps to use the mapping feature of this site.

  1. 1Begin by entering a location into the location box. If it is hidden, click the 'show location box' button.
  2. 2You can enter any postcode, street name, or town. You can also click the 'locate me' icon to automatically find your current location.
  3. 3Next, select a boundary to search within. This can either be a distance measured in miles or kilometers, or by travel time. The travel time setting allows you to select a mode of travel (car, bus/train, bicycle or walking) and the time taken. We will then create a boundary from the center of your chosen location to search for areas within.
  4. 4Next, click the gear icon (settings icon) in the menu bar to bring out the filtering options. You can use filtering options to reduce the areas found to only those matching your chosen preference.
  5. 5You must turn a filter on for it to be active and then can set the filter using the provided slider. You can easily reset all filters by clicking the 'reset' button at the top.
  6. 6Filters are applied in order so change the priority to apply certain filters before others. The highest switched on filter in the list will be applied first, and the results will be sorted/ordered by the lowest switched on filter. For example, your main priority may be to find relatively lower house prices, and then lowest crime rate within a boundary - so you would move the house price filter higher in the list and place the crime rate filter lower in the list. This will give you all cheaper areas for house prices and then order by lowest crime rate in that set.
  7. 7Once you are ready, click 'GO' to begin the search.

We have used public open data sets for crime, transport, education and combine it with information regarding housing, employment and the census to build our database. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data but try our best to clean and verify. Datasets are updated monthly, aside from the census, which was last conducted in 2011 and is repeated every ten years.

Data is currently updated for all locations in England, Wales and Scotland we will soon integrate Northern Ireland as a separate comparison cluster due to differences in data reporting between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Crime data is based upon actual occurences of the chosen crime type (or combined if overall crime) categorised into sectors of the UK (over 10,000).

House prices are based upon the median advertised house prices in the UK categorised into sectors.

Local jobs are based upon the total number of jobs advertised within a 10 mile catchment of an area and then classes by average salary.

Train stations are based upon national and underground train stations filtered by distance from the center of an area.

Motorway junctions are based upon main motorway network junctions filtered by distance from the center of an area.

Primary school data is based upon government performance data (England & Wales) from which we generate a score and then rank the schools against each other. The score is based upon 'Percentage of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths' and 'Percentage of pupils achieving a high score in reading and maths and working at greater depth in writing'.

Secondary school data is based upon government performance data (England & Wales) from which we generate a score and then rank the schools against each other. The score is based upon 'Percentage of pupils achieving grades A*-C in both English and mathematics GCSEs', 'Percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C or equivalents including A*-C in both English and mathematics GCSEs', 'Percentage of pupils achieving any qualifications' and 'Average number of GCSE and equivalents entries per pupil'.

'A-Level' college data is based upon government performance data (England & Wales) from which we generate a score and then rank the colleges against each other. The score is based upon 'Percentage of A level students achieving at least three a levels at grades AAB or better, at least two of which are in facilitating subjects', 'Percentage of students at the end of 16-18 study who entered for at least one AS or A level qualification' and 'Average point score per A level entry'.

'Vocational' college data is based upon government performance data (England & Wales) from which we generate a score and then rank the colleges against each other. The score is based upon 'Percentage of tech level core aims retained', 'Number of tech level aims (total number of qualifications studied by all students)' and 'Academic value added score'.

Public Green Areas data is based upon the number of publically accessible green areas, and the quality of these areas within 3 miles of the center of an area.

© 2016 - 2024 NiceAreas.co.uk

Code and design by Ray Arman

follow NiceAreas on twitter

please read our disclaimer and terms of use

By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, see our cookie policy.

data sources - read full statement

<

Filter Locations reset?

Switch a Filter On/Off then change the rate level within the filter.