DH6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Coxhoe, Wheatley Hill and Bowburn, in County Durham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DH6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DH6, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DH6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH6 at a rate of 107.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across DH.
In August 2026 alone, 363 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,277), anti-social behaviour (763) and other crime (584).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH6 was 99.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DH6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH6 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 021F | 1,406 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.5% |
| County Durham 021G | 1,472 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 027A | 1,517 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.5% |
| County Durham 027D | 2,207 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.9% |
| County Durham 027E | 1,630 | 109.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| County Durham 027F | 1,452 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.0% |
| County Durham 034A | 1,979 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
| County Durham 034B | 1,579 | 262.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 77.7% |
| County Durham 034C | 1,385 | 124.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| County Durham 034D | 1,823 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 0.6% |
| County Durham 040A | 1,364 | 173.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 82.9% |
| County Durham 040B | 1,698 | 74.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| County Durham 040C | 1,372 | 264.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| County Durham 040D | 1,256 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| County Durham 041A | 1,459 | 122.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| County Durham 041B | 1,224 | 136.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 64.3% |
| County Durham 041C | 1,539 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| County Durham 044A | 2,116 | 77.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| County Durham 044B | 1,552 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| County Durham 044C | 1,431 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 044D | 1,534 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| County Durham 044E | 1,329 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
MPs for DH6
- Grahame MorrisLabourMP for Easington46% of DH6’s postcodes
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor37% of DH6’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham17% of DH6’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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DH6 in brief
DH6 is a postcode district covering Coxhoe, Wheatley Hill and Bowburn, in County Durham.
About 36,467 people lived in DH6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 597 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 107.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH6 was £140,000 in 2025.
DH6 had 34,929 usual residents at the census.
In DH6, 90.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DH6, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.