Annfield Plain
TownTown in County Durham, North East.
Annfield Plain is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Annfield Plain add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 59% of people in Annfield Plain live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Annfield Plain compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Annfield Plain safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Annfield Plain at a rate of 133.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Annfield Plain.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (426), anti-social behaviour (176) and other crime (163).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Annfield Plain was 116.4 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 Annfield Plain, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Annfield Plain has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in Annfield Plain
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 006A | 1,460 | 106.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 86.4% |
| County Durham 006B | 1,585 | 98.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.4% |
| County Durham 006C | 1,678 | 112.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 88.1% |
| County Durham 009A | 1,706 | 154.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.3% |
| County Durham 009B | 1,649 | 186.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 72.8% |
Your MP
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering Annfield Plain1
Middle areas in Annfield Plain1
Towns near Annfield Plain6
Annfield Plain in brief
Annfield Plain is a town in County Durham, North East.
About 7,844 people lived in Annfield Plain in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £111,000 in 2025 across 112 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 133.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Annfield Plain was £111,000 in 2025.
Annfield Plain had 7,786 usual residents at the census.
About 59% of people in Annfield Plain live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Annfield Plain, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.