DN6 8XA

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 8AT 89 m
DN6 8AY 90 m
DN6 8AU 94 m
DN6 8AR 98 m
DN6 8AS 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DN6 8XA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1996
Terminated
1 December 1998
Postcode area
DN
Postcode district
DN6
Postcode sector
DN6 8
Latitude
53.587310
Longitude
-1.191807
British National Grid easting
453,598
British National Grid northing
410,382

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
E00037862
Lower layer super output area
Doncaster 005C · E01007470
Middle layer super output area
Doncaster 005 · E02001543

Postcode source versions

Explore DN6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
13
Secondary
3
  1. Owston Park Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    537 m
  2. Carcroft Primary School

    Academy converter

    843 m
  3. The Ridge Employability College

    Special post 16 institution

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,017
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 426
  • Criminal damage and arson 142
  • Anti social behaviour 114
  • Vehicle crime 99
  • Other theft 54

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • GREAT NORTH MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code C86001

    581 m

  • ASKERN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86605

    4.2 km

  • THE LAKESIDE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86016

    4.2 km

  • THE RANSOME PRACTICE

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

    ODS code C86002

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Poplar Road/Laurel Terrace

    BCT · Skellow

    0.0 miles
  • Poplar Road/Laurel Terrace

    BCT · Skellow

    0.0 miles
  • Poplar Road/Skellow Road

    BCT · Skellow

    0.1 miles
  • Poplar Road/Skellow Road

    BCT · Skellow

    0.1 miles
  • Skellow Road/Poplar Road

    BCT · Skellow

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Doncaster 005C, 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

6,330 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
9 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

18 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Owston Park Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 537 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,017 published events cover 12 months, averaging 84.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 426 events.

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