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NE16 6PS

Derwent & Pont Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Derwent & Pont Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE16 6HL 30 m
NE16 6HS 51 m
NE16 6HF 64 m
NE16 6BX 79 m
NE16 6HJ 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE16 6PS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE16
Postcode sector
NE16 6
Latitude
54.906539
Longitude
-1.736408
British National Grid easting
417,000
British National Grid northing
556,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Derwent & Pont Valley · E05016173
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00104703
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

View all nearby schools
Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Burnopfield Primary School

    Community school

    116 m

  2. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Byermoor

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

  3. Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
240
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 69
  • Anti social behaviour 52
  • Shoplifting 47
  • Criminal damage and arson 24
  • Vehicle crime 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    281 m

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85617

    4.3 km

  • TANFIELD VIEW MEDICAL GROUP

    SCOTT STREET, TANFIELD, STANLEY, DH9 8AD

    ODS code A83016

    4.7 km

  • STANLEY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83023

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Schools

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles

  • Schools

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.1 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.2 miles

  • Community Centre

    BCT · Burnopfield

    0.2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Burnopfield Primary School is the nearest published school at 116 m.

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

Recorded crime

240 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 69 events.

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