DH9 9BU

Annfield Plain & Tanfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 9BW 30 m
DH9 9BT 66 m
DH9 9BS 119 m
DH9 9AT 205 m
DH9 9BN 209 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 9BU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9
Latitude
54.887366
Longitude
-1.706494
British National Grid easting
418,927
British National Grid northing
554,774

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
E00104914
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 001E · E01020676
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 001 · E02004297

Postcode source versions

Explore DH9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
24
Primary
20
Secondary
2
  1. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

    Community school

    911 m
  2. Tanfield School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km
  3. Shield Row Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
476
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 178
  • Anti social behaviour 90
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Other theft 36
  • Vehicle crime 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH9 9 residents
6,698

Age bands in DH9 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,023 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

578 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.3%

1,492 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

2,020 residents

Age 65 and over
23.7%

1,589 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

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    2.0 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    2.0 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    3.0 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    3.9 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.9 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    4.4 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

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.2 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.2 miles
  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.5 miles
  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.5 miles
  • Park

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 001E, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,878 of 33,755

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

24 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 911 m.

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

Recorded crime

476 published events cover 12 months, averaging 39.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 178 events.

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