DH6 4YP

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 4PA 17 m
DH6 4SA 180 m
DH6 4AF 193 m
DH6 4HB 231 m
DH6 4AG 234 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 4YP
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1999
Terminated
1 November 2000
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 4
Latitude
54.717854
Longitude
-1.497809
British National Grid easting
432,449
British National Grid northing
535,987

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010614
Output area
E00183288
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 044C · E01020699
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
12
Primary
9
Secondary
0
  1. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Kelloe Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. West Cornforth Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
369
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 148
  • Anti social behaviour 48
  • Criminal damage and arson 39
  • Public order 27
  • Other crime 23

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    551 m

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.3 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    2.8 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Avenue Farm

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Avenue Farm

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.1 miles
  • Avenue House

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.2 miles
  • Avenue House

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.2 miles
  • Grange Estate

    BCT · Coxhoe

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 9 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

369 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 148 events.

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