DH6 4JU

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Durham
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 4FG 7 m
DH6 4JY 61 m
DH6 4JT 80 m
DH6 4HP 87 m
DH6 4HR 109 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 4JU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2022
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4
Latitude
54.721156
Longitude
-1.507533
British National Grid easting
431,820
British National Grid northing
536,350

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010614
Output area
E00105037
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 044E · E01020701
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 044 · E02004319

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Coxhoe Motors & Spares, Commercial Road East, Coxhoe, Durham, DH6 4JU 18 June 2021 £275,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
0
  1. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km
  2. Strawberry Lane

    Other independent special school

    1.6 km
  3. Bowburn Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
425
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 152
  • Anti social behaviour 51
  • Criminal damage and arson 42
  • Public order 39
  • Other theft 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    749 m

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    2.1 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.2 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Bower Court

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Bower Court

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • opp Tarka Centre

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Adj Tarka Centre

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Church

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 044E, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,444 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Coxhoe Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

425 published events cover 12 months, averaging 35.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 152 events.

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