NE16 6AG

Derwent & Pont Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE16 6QW 302 m
NE16 6EH 403 m
NE16 6EP 410 m
NE16 6EN 412 m
NE16 6ES 416 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 6AG
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6
Latitude
54.896966
Longitude
-1.739527
British National Grid easting
416,804
British National Grid northing
555,834

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104698
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 001A · E01020634
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 001 · E02004297

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
18
Secondary
2
  1. Burnopfield Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km
  3. St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
243
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 94
  • Anti social behaviour 45
  • Shoplifting 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Other theft 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
NE16 6 residents
5,086

Age bands in NE16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

793 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

438 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.8%

1,186 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,450 residents

Age 65 and over
22.5%

1,123 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE16 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
50%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    960 m

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    3.9 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    4.0 km

  • DRS LAMBERT & NG

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

    ODS code A83073

    4.4 km

  • ANNFIELD PLAIN SURGERY

    DURHAM ROAD, ANNFIELD PLAIN, STANLEY, DH9 7TD

    ODS code A83644

    4.5 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    5.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Bothy

    BCT · Pickering Nook

    0.1 miles
  • The Bothy

    BCT · Pickering Nook

    0.1 miles
  • Roseberry Cottage

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.3 miles
  • Roseberry Cottage

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.3 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Pickering Nook

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 001A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,212 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

22 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burnopfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

243 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 94 events.

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