DH6 4RS

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 4QB 63 m
DH6 4QA 72 m
DH1 2SR 986 m
DH6 4QD 1.2 km
DH6 4RE 1.4 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 4RS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2004
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4
Latitude
54.748815
Longitude
-1.479094
British National Grid easting
433,629
British National Grid northing
539,441

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04012610
Output area
E00105012
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 044A · E01020695
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 044 · E02004319

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2, The Orchard, Old Cassop, Durham, DH6 4RS 12 March 2020 £495,000
Oak Rise, 1, The Orchard, Old Cassop, Durham, DH6 4RS 2 February 2018 £580,000
3, The Orchard, Old Cassop, Durham, DH6 4RS 3 October 2016 £430,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Cassop Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km
  2. Thornley Academy

    Academy converter

    2.9 km
  3. Ludworth Primary School

    Community school

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
50
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Burglary 3
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

8 female, 3 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
3.7
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 0.2% 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+
75%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
75%
Gigabit-capable
75%
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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.4 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Smithy Farm

    BCT · Old Cassop

    0.3 miles
  • Smithy Farm

    BCT · Old Cassop

    0.3 miles
  • Castle View Club

    BCT · Cassop

    0.9 miles
  • Dene View

    BCT · Cassop

    0.9 miles
  • Castle View Club

    BCT · Cassop

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 044A, 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

15,288 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 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

Schools

15 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Cassop Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

50 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 26 events.

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