Property market
The five-year median is £120,750 from 3,832 recorded sales in DH6. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.
DH6
UK postcode district
Part of Durham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,189
- Current units
- 1,039
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 11
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 150
Postcode sectors in DH6
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
18,715 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 29, Woodside, Shadforth, Durham, DH6 1LD | 24 July 2026 | £149,950 |
| 32, Parkinson Crescent, Sherburn Village, Durham, DH6 1BS | 17 July 2026 | £225,000 |
| 49, Grange Crescent, Coxhoe, Durham, DH6 4BQ | 17 July 2026 | £95,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 15
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,649
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,278
- Criminal damage and arson 563
- Anti social behaviour 559
- Shoplifting 270
- Public order 222
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DH6 usual residents
- 35,115
- Age-profile population
- 34,661
Age bands in DH6
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- 5,723 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- 3,533 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.4%
- 8,788 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- 9,883 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19.4%
- 6,734 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,025 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 941 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 786 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 4 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
5
in this district
BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP
BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ
ODS code A83616
BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE
BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL
ODS code A83635
COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE
1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH
ODS code A83027
SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE
SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH
ODS code A83627
SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE
FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT
ODS code A83619
Evidence in context
Schools
15 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,649 published events cover 12 months, averaging 304 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,278 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.