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DH6 5LA

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH6 5JQ 623 m
DH6 5JZ 672 m
DH6 5LJ 711 m
DH6 5JX 723 m
DL16 6NL 789 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH6 5LA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 March 2003
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH6
Postcode sector
DH6 5
Latitude
54.706335
Longitude
-1.555713
British National Grid easting
428,727
British National Grid northing
534,680

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe · E05016160
Parish or community
E04010615
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
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

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Tudhoe Moor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    1.9 km

  2. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    2.1 km

  3. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
405
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 147
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Drugs 75
  • Public order 30
  • Anti social behaviour 25

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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    1.8 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.2 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    2.8 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    2.9 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    3.4 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Sub Station

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles

  • Sub Station

    BCT · Thinford

    0.1 miles

  • Hett Road End

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Hett Road End

    BCT · Metal Bridge

    0.2 miles

  • Inn - East

    BCT · Thinford

    0.4 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.

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 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

405 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 147 events.

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