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DH9 6DH

Craghead & South Moor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Craghead & South Moor
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 6AR 33 m
DH9 6AS 40 m
DH9 6DJ 46 m
DH9 6BN 93 m
DH9 6BL 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 6DH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 6
Latitude
54.856161
Longitude
-1.676346
British National Grid easting
420,877
British National Grid northing
551,310

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Craghead & South Moor · E05016168
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

    555 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
867
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 408
  • Criminal damage and arson 135
  • Anti social behaviour 122
  • Public order 54
  • Vehicle crime 52

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
20

12 female, 8 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.3
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

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH9 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+
93.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
93.8%
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

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

    3.9 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

    0.1 miles

  • Middles Road Shops

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.1 miles

  • Aged Miners Homes

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.1 miles

  • Middles Road Shops

    BCT · Bloemfontein

    0.1 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.

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

23 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bloemfontein Primary School is the nearest published school at 555 m.

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

Recorded crime

867 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 408 events.

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