DH6 4LS

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 4LU 76 m
DH6 4LT 79 m
DH6 4NU 102 m
DH6 4LR 108 m
DH6 4NA 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 4LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4
Latitude
54.719198
Longitude
-1.479629
British National Grid easting
433,619
British National Grid northing
536,145

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010653
Output area
E00105047
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 044C · E01020699
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 044 · E02004319

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
36, Tate Avenue, Kelloe, Durham, DH6 4LS 30 January 2026 £174,500
46, Tate Avenue, Kelloe, Durham, DH6 4LS 6 June 2025 £87,000
41, Tate Avenue, Kelloe, Durham, DH6 4LS 20 January 2025 £105,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
13
Secondary
0
  1. Kelloe Primary School

    Academy converter

    618 m
  2. Cassop Primary School

    Community school

    1.6 km
  3. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
323
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 95
  • Anti social behaviour 59
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Public order 31
  • Burglary 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

26 female, 25 male

Postcode households
20
Residents per household
2.5
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 0.7% 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.

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

3

within 5 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    1.7 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    3.3 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.6 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

    0.1 miles
  • Sharon Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.1 miles
  • Ramona Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.1 miles
  • Tate Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.1 miles
  • Sharon Avenue

    BCT · Kelloe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 044C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

6,932 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £100,000 from 4 recorded sales in DH6 4LS. 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.

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 0 secondary schools. Kelloe Primary School is the nearest published school at 618 m.

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

Recorded crime

323 published events cover 12 months, averaging 26.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 95 events.

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