DH9 6AT

Craghead & South Moor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 6DH 25 m
DH9 6DJ 31 m
DH9 6AS 40 m
DH9 6AR 47 m
DH9 6BN 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 6AT
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6
Latitude
54.856070
Longitude
-1.675989
British National Grid easting
420,900
British National Grid northing
551,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104764
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 008C · E01020649
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 008 · E02004301

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
19
Secondary
2
  1. Bloemfontein Primary School

    Academy converter

    579 m
  2. Stanley Burnside Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
835
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 397
  • Criminal damage and arson 130
  • Anti social behaviour 116
  • Public order 51
  • Vehicle crime 48

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH9 6 residents
10,874

Age bands in DH9 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.4%

2,125 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

1,178 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

2,819 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.9%

2,833 residents

Age 65 and over
18.1%

1,979 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

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    STANLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, CLIFFORD ROAD, STANLEY, DH9 0AB

    ODS code A83023

    2.1 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    2.2 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.8 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

    WEST ROAD SURGERY, 9 WEST ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7XT

    ODS code A83073

    4.0 km

  • THE HAVEN SURGERY

    THE HAVEN, BURNHOPE, DURHAM, DH7 0BD

    ODS code A83622

    4.2 km

  • VILLAGES MEDICAL GROUP

    21 GARDINER CRESCENT, PELTON FELL, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 2NJ

    ODS code A83637

    4.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Garden Terrace

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.0 miles
  • Garden Terrace

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.0 miles
  • Middles Road Shops

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.1 miles
  • Aged Miners Homes

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.1 miles
  • Middles Road Shops

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 008C, 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

6,129 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
3 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 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bloemfontein Primary School is the nearest published school at 579 m.

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

Recorded crime

835 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 397 events.

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