NE16 6AP

Derwent & Pont Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 6LH 133 m
NE16 6AW 203 m
NE16 6JU 262 m
NE16 6JX 269 m
NE16 6LQ 291 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 6AP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6
Latitude
54.903125
Longitude
-1.749327
British National Grid easting
416,173
British National Grid northing
556,517

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
E00104701
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 001C · E01020636
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 001 · E02004297

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

7 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Rose Cottages, Burnopfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 6AP 17 January 2023 £499,950
3, Rose Cottages, Burnopfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 6AP 29 September 2022 £64,000
3, Rose Cottages, Burnopfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 6AP 14 February 2022 £52,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
14
Secondary
1
  1. Burnopfield Primary School

    Community school

    992 m
  2. Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km
  3. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield

    Voluntary aided school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
159
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 58
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Shoplifting 22
  • Criminal damage and arson 14
  • Vehicle crime 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

5

within 5 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    631 m

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    4.3 km

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU

    ODS code A85024

    4.5 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    4.8 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Briardene

    BCT · Lintz

    0.1 miles
  • Briardene

    BCT · Lintz

    0.1 miles
  • High Friarside

    BCT · Lintz

    0.2 miles
  • Lumley Gardens

    BCT · Lintz

    0.2 miles
  • High Friarside

    BCT · Lintz

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 001C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,328 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
6 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.

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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £64,000 from 3 recorded sales in NE16 6AP. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

17 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 1 secondary schools. Burnopfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 992 m.

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

Recorded crime

159 published events cover 12 months, averaging 13.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 58 events.

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