DH9 9BZ

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 9BY 71 m
DH9 9AT 144 m
DH9 9BN 173 m
DH9 9BS 219 m
DH9 9UY 224 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 9BZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9
Latitude
54.888326
Longitude
-1.702356
British National Grid easting
419,192
British National Grid northing
554,882

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

    1.2 km
  2. Tanfield School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.3 km
  3. Shield Row Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
466
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 168
  • Anti social behaviour 87
  • Criminal damage and arson 57
  • Other theft 37
  • Vehicle crime 32

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 straight-line

  • 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

    2.1 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    3.1 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    4.1 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    4.1 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85617

    4.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.1 miles
  • Industrial Estate

    BCT · Tanfield Lea

    0.1 miles
  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.5 miles
  • Maud Terrace

    BCT · Tanfield

    0.5 miles
  • Old Rectory Close

    BCT · Tanfield

    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 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

466 published events cover 12 months, averaging 38.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 168 events.

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