DH6 5JQ

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Durham
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 5JX 146 m
DH6 5JZ 146 m
DL16 6NL 179 m
DL16 6FY 275 m
DL17 8RU 283 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 5JQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2020
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5
Latitude
54.706558
Longitude
-1.565363
British National Grid easting
428,105
British National Grid northing
534,701

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010615
Output area
E00105028
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 041B · E01020696
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 041 · E02004318

Postcode source versions

Explore DH6

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Thinford Park, Unit 3, Thinford, Durham, DH6 5JQ 5 June 2020 £1,180,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
23
Primary
15
Secondary
2
  1. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.3 km
  2. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

    Academy converter

    1.7 km
  3. North Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
734
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 292
  • Criminal damage and arson 149
  • Drugs 82
  • Anti social behaviour 71
  • Public order 54

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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+
58.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
50%
Gigabit-capable
50%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
58.3%
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

6

within 5 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    1.9 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    2.3 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    2.3 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.8 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.0 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    4.1 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

  • Inn - East

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles
  • Inn - East

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Durham Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Centre

    BCT · Durham Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Livin Housing

    BCT · Thinford

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 041B, 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

7,772 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
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

23 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

734 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 292 events.

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