DN6 8EN

Adwick le Street & Carcroft · Doncaster · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Doncaster
Constituency
Doncaster North
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DN6 7BD 113 m
DN6 7BG 158 m
DN6 7BE 162 m
DN6 7DU 172 m
DN6 7BH 218 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN6 8EN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
1 December 1996
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8
Latitude
53.577452
Longitude
-1.172331
British National Grid easting
454,900
British National Grid northing
409,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
Doncaster · E08000017
Parish or community
E43000171
Westminster constituency
Doncaster North · E14001200
Output area
E00037832
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 005E · E01007473
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 005 · E02001543

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. Carcroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    971 m
  2. Adwick Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.6 km
  3. St Joseph and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
944
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 396
  • Criminal damage and arson 127
  • Anti social behaviour 92
  • Vehicle crime 84
  • Public order 55

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DN6 8 residents
7,976

Age bands in DN6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,410 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.7%

834 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,768 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

2,051 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,760 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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT NORTH MEDICAL GROUP

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHESTNUT AVENUE, CARCROFT, DONCASTER, DN6 8AG

    ODS code C86001

    1.1 km

  • THE RANSOME PRACTICE

    BENTLEY HEALTH CENTRE, ASKERN ROAD, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0JX

    ODS code C86002

    3.3 km

  • PETERSGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    99 AMERSALL RD, SCAWTHORPE, DONCASTER, DN5 9PQ

    ODS code C86038

    3.8 km

  • DON VALLEY HEALTHCARE

    128 HIGH STREET, BENTLEY, DONCASTER, DN5 0AT

    ODS code C86023

    3.9 km

  • ASKERN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ASKERN HEALTH CENTRE, SPA POOL ROAD, ASKERN, DONCASTER, DN6 0HZ

    ODS code C86605

    4.5 km

  • THE LAKESIDE PRACTICE

    THE WHITE WINGS CENTRE, SPA POOL ROAD, ASKERN, DONCASTER, DN6 0HZ

    ODS code C86016

    4.5 km

  • SCAWSBY HEALTH CENTRE PRACTICE

    BARNSLEY ROAD, SCAWSBY, DONCASTER, DN5 8QE

    ODS code C86032

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Station Road/Bentley Moor Lane

    BCT · Adwick le Street

    0.1 miles
  • Station Road/Brooklands Road

    BCT · Adwick le Street

    0.1 miles
  • Church Lane/Victoria Road

    BCT · Adwick le Street

    0.3 miles
  • Church Lane/Victoria Road

    BCT · Adwick le Street

    0.4 miles
  • Owston Road/Skellow Road

    BCT · Carcroft

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 005E, 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

4,075 of 33,755

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

26 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Carcroft Primary School is the nearest published school at 971 m.

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

Recorded crime

944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 396 events.

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