DH6 4FA

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 4BB 210 m
DL17 9BF 698 m
DH6 4PB 874 m
DH6 4LP 938 m
DH6 4LT 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 4FA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4
Latitude
54.709412
Longitude
-1.477861
British National Grid easting
433,741
British National Grid northing
535,057

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010653
Output area
E00105044
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 044D · E01020700
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 044 · E02004319

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
11
Secondary
0
  1. Kelloe Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  2. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km
  3. West Cornforth Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
196
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 61
  • Anti social behaviour 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Burglary 17
  • Other crime 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
DH6 4 residents
7,235

Age bands in DH6 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,123 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

735 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

1,670 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

2,093 residents

Age 65 and over
19.5%

1,360 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH6 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

3

within 5 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    1.8 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    3.0 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    4.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Tate Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.6 miles
  • Tate Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.6 miles
  • Rose Cottage

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.6 miles
  • Coxhoe Hall

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.6 miles
  • Coxhoe Hall

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 044D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,823 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kelloe Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

196 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 61 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.