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DH8 6DB

Consett North · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Consett North
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH8 6AF 41 m
DH8 6LH 45 m
DH8 6LJ 46 m
DH8 6AE 63 m
DH8 6AG 66 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH8 6DB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH8
Postcode sector
DH8 6
Latitude
54.854541
Longitude
-1.830232
British National Grid easting
410,998
British National Grid northing
551,095

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Consett North · E05016166
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00171809
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 010C · E01020641
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 010 · E02004303

Postcode source versions

Explore DH8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. Learning for Life

    Special post 16 institution

    36 m

  2. Consett Infant School

    Community school

    49 m

  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett

    Academy converter

    132 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,903
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 662
  • Shoplifting 282
  • Anti social behaviour 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 204
  • Public order 127

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

9 female, 6 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.5
DH8 6 residents
6,702

Age bands in DH8 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,020 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

595 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.5%

1,588 residents

Age 45 to 64
29%

1,962 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

1,593 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH8 6 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+
90.9%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
90.9%
Gigabit-capable
90.9%
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

3

within 5 km

  • CONSETT MEDICAL CENTRE

    STATION YARD, CONSETT, DH8 5YA

    ODS code A83018

    392 m

  • QUEENS ROAD SURGERY

    83 QUEENS ROAD, CONSETT, DH8 0BW

    ODS code A83049

    1.6 km

  • LEADGATE SURGERY

    GEORGE EWEN HOUSE, WATLING STREET, LEADGATE, CONSETT, DH8 6DP

    ODS code A83636

    1.7 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

  • Consett Bus Station Stand J

    BCS · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Consett Bus Station Stand H

    BCS · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Consett Bus Station Stand G

    BCS · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Consett Bus Station Stand F

    BCS · Consett

    0.1 miles

  • Consett Bus Station Stand E

    BCS · Consett

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 010C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,803 of 33,755

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

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. Learning for Life is the nearest published school at 36 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,903 published events cover 12 months, averaging 158.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 662 events.

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