NE16 6HH

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 6AQ 43 m
NE16 6PY 69 m
NE16 6BY 84 m
NE16 6PX 97 m
NE16 6PU 99 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 6HH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6
Latitude
54.907981
Longitude
-1.730035
British National Grid easting
417,408
British National Grid northing
557,062

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
E00104689
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 001B · E01020635
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 001 · E02004297

Postcode source versions

Explore NE16

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodhills, Bryans Leap, Burnopfield, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 6HH 23 June 2017 £325,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. Burnopfield Primary School

    Community school

    367 m
  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor

    Academy converter

    1.4 km
  3. Rowlands Gill Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
244
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 71
  • Anti social behaviour 50
  • Shoplifting 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 26
  • Vehicle crime 12

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+
100%
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

4

within 5 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    720 m

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    3.9 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    4.6 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    4.7 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

  • Sun Inn

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles
  • Sun Inn

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles
  • Fountain

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles
  • Fountain

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles
  • Opposite 55 Busty Bank

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 001B, 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

26,448 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
5 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
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 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. Burnopfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 367 m.

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

Recorded crime

244 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 71 events.

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