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DL17 9LW

Bowburn & Coxhoe · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 9NA 83 m
DL17 9LZ 135 m
DL17 9LH 160 m
DL17 9LN 171 m
DL17 9LE 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 9LW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 9
Latitude
54.704595
Longitude
-1.523562
British National Grid easting
430,800
British National Grid northing
534,500

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bowburn & Coxhoe · E05016160
Parish or community
E04010611
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105539
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 050A · E01020797
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 050 · E02004336

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
1

  1. West Cornforth Primary School

    Community school

    402 m

  2. Coxhoe Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

  3. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    1.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
301
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 126
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Public order 24
  • Burglary 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL17 9 residents
3,792

Age bands in DL17 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15%

551 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

319 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.2%

819 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,073 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

922 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

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    160 m

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    1.7 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.7 km

  • BOWBURN MEDICAL CENTRE

    BOW STREET, BOWBURN, DURHAM, DH6 5AL

    ODS code A83635

    3.5 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83001

    4.8 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A83052

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Crossings

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.1 miles

  • Station Crossings

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

  • Balaclava

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

  • Library

    BCT · West Cornforth

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 050A, 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

3,377 of 33,755

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

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 1 secondary schools. West Cornforth Primary School is the nearest published school at 402 m.

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

Recorded crime

301 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 126 events.

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