DH6 5DS

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 5DH 50 m
DH6 5DU 68 m
DH6 5DN 111 m
DH6 5DX 130 m
DH6 5DW 138 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 5DS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5
Latitude
54.740753
Longitude
-1.527052
British National Grid easting
430,548
British National Grid northing
538,522

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04012610
Output area
E00105022
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 041A · E01020694
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 041 · E02004318

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

15 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
54, Bede Terrace, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5DS 5 December 2025 £108,000
53, Bede Terrace, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5DS 21 August 2025 £109,950
59, Bede Terrace, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5DS 30 September 2024 £95,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
1
  1. Bowburn Primary School

    Academy converter

    859 m
  2. Strawberry Lane

    Other independent special school

    884 m
  3. Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
565
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 206
  • Anti social behaviour 114
  • Criminal damage and arson 63
  • Shoplifting 51
  • Public order 44

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
82

39 female, 43 male

Postcode households
44
Residents per household
1.9
DH6 5 residents
5,856

Age bands in DH6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.5%

1,002 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

559 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.1%

1,827 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.5%

1,606 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,073 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH6 5 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

5

within 5 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    499 m

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    3.2 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    4.2 km

  • CLAYPATH & UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    26 GILESGATE, DURHAM, DH1 1QW

    ODS code A83011

    5.0 km

  • CHEVELEY PARK MEDICAL CTR

    THE LINKS, BELMONT, DURHAM, DH1 2UW

    ODS code A83055

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mary Terrace

    BCT · Bowburn

    0.1 miles
  • Estate Shops

    BCT · Bowburn

    0.1 miles
  • Mary Terrace

    BCT · Bowburn

    0.1 miles
  • Estate Shops

    BCT · Bowburn

    0.1 miles
  • The Vicarage-Prince Charles Avenue

    BCT · Bowburn

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 041A, 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

5,754 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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 £101,500 from 4 recorded sales in DH6 5DS. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bowburn Primary School is the nearest published school at 859 m.

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

Recorded crime

565 published events cover 12 months, averaging 47.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 206 events.

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