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DH9 9SW

Annfield Plain & Tanfield · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Annfield Plain & Tanfield
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH9 9RU 28 m
DH9 9RX 67 m
DH9 9RT 87 m
DH9 9SA 93 m
DH9 9RZ 119 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH9 9SW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 February 1990
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH9
Postcode sector
DH9 9
Latitude
54.884962
Longitude
-1.731872
British National Grid easting
417,300
British National Grid northing
554,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Annfield Plain & Tanfield · E05016152
Parish or community
E04010699
Westminster constituency
North Durham · E14001389
Output area
E00104928
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
25
Primary
21
Secondary
2

  1. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

    Community school

    996 m

  2. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton

    Academy converter

    1.4 km

  3. Tanfield School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
302
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 129
  • Anti social behaviour 63
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Vehicle crime 24
  • Other theft 17

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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    2.4 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    2.6 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    2.7 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    3.1 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    3.1 km

Nearby transport

  • White-le-Head Gardens

    BCT · Tantobie

    0.0 miles

  • White-le-Head Gardens

    BCT · Tantobie

    0.0 miles

  • Commercial Hotel

    BCT · Tantobie

    0.1 miles

  • Hawthorn Crescent

    BCT · Tantobie

    0.1 miles

  • Hawthorn Crescent

    BCT · Tantobie

    0.1 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 996 m.

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

Recorded crime

302 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 129 events.

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