Schools
32 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 5 secondary schools. Shotton Primary School is the nearest published school at 452 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DH6 2YR
Easington & Shotton · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Easington & Shotton
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington
- Postcode district
- DH6
- Postcode sector
- DH6 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DH6 2YR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- 1 August 1997
- Postcode area
- DH
- Postcode district
- DH6
- Postcode sector
- DH6 2
- Latitude
- 54.762491
- Longitude
- -1.395264
- British National Grid easting
- 439,012
- British National Grid northing
- 541,006
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- County Durham · E06000047
- Electoral ward
- Easington & Shotton · E05016174
- Parish or community
- E04010693
- Westminster constituency
- Easington · E14001211
- Output area
- E00105358
- Lower layer super output area
- County Durham 034A · E01020760
- Middle layer super output area
- County Durham 034 · E02004326
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DH6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 32
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 5
- 452 m
Shotton Primary School
Community school
- 524 m
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton
Academy converter
- 2.4 km
St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 554
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 181
- Criminal damage and arson 111
- Anti social behaviour 82
- Shoplifting 74
- Public order 24
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DH6 2 residents
- 9,636
Age bands in DH6 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.2%
1,602 residents
997 residents
2,255 residents
2,606 residents
1,658 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.
GP practices
6
within 5 km straight-line
BEVAN MEDICAL GROUP
BEVAN GROVE, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LQ
ODS code A83616
496 m
SOUTHDENE MEDICAL CENTRE
FRONT STREET, SHOTTON COLLIERY, DURHAM, DH6 2LT
ODS code A83619
592 m
WILLIAM BROWN CENTRE
MANOR WAY, PETERLEE, SR8 5TW
ODS code A83012
4.1 km
EAST DURHAM MEDICAL GROUP
THE CARADOC SURGERY, FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ
ODS code A83057
4.2 km
WINGATE MEDICAL PRACTICE INTRAHEALTH
FRONT STREET WEST, WINGATE, TS28 5PZ
ODS code A83610
4.2 km
SILVERDALE FAMILY PRACTICE
SOUTH HETTON HEALTH CTR, FRONT STREET, SOUTH HETTON, DURHAM, DH6 2TH
ODS code A83627
4.3 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Westgarth Grove
BCT · Shotton Colliery
- 0.1 miles
Fleming Field
BCT · Shotton Colliery
- 0.2 miles
Lee Terrace
BCT · Shotton Colliery
- 0.2 miles
Fleming Field
BCT · Shotton Colliery
- 0.2 miles
Schools
BCT · Shotton Colliery
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 034A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
14,534 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 4 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
554 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 181 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.