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DL16 6ZD

Spennymoor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Spennymoor
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 6YZ 6 m
DL16 6YY 60 m
DL16 6XH 94 m
DL16 6XY 109 m
DL16 6XN 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 6ZD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 September 2003
Terminated
1 September 2005
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 6
Latitude
54.710029
Longitude
-1.608271
British National Grid easting
425,338
British National Grid northing
535,071

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Spennymoor · E05016194
Parish or community
E04010696
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105642
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 047A · E01020817
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 047 · E02004333

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
21
Primary
14
Secondary
2

  1. King Street Primary School

    Community school

    984 m

  2. Springmoor Grange School

    Community school

    1.0 km

  3. St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,607
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 565
  • Anti social behaviour 241
  • Criminal damage and arson 201
  • Shoplifting 170
  • Public order 132

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL16 6 residents
11,832

Age bands in DL16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,907 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

1,150 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

2,937 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.9%

3,207 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

2,737 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    1.3 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    1.3 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.0 km

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Carr Lane-Troutbeck Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles

  • Carr Lane-Canterbury Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.1 miles

  • Canterbury Close

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

  • Carr Lane-Buttermere

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.2 miles

  • Carr Lane-opposite 108 Mayfields

    BCT · Spennymoor

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 047A, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

27,411 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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

21 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 2 secondary schools. King Street Primary School is the nearest published school at 984 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,607 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 565 events.

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