DN6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Adwick le Street, Askern and Woodlands, in Doncaster.
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 DN6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 89% of people in DN6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DN6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DN6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DN6 at a rate of 121.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 116.1 per 1,000 people across the DN postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 352 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DN6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,471), other crime (714) and anti-social behaviour (613).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DN6 was 135.2 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 DN6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DN6 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DN6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster 002A | 1,562 | 142.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 002B | 1,628 | 141.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 73.6% |
| Doncaster 002C | 2,091 | 142.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Doncaster 002D | 1,705 | 104.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| Doncaster 002E | 1,665 | 109.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Doncaster 002F | 1,603 | 158.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.6% |
| Doncaster 002G | 1,719 | 39.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Doncaster 005A | 1,216 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Doncaster 005B | 1,259 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Doncaster 005C | 1,358 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Doncaster 005D | 1,377 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.7% |
| Doncaster 005E | 1,421 | 144.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Doncaster 005F | 1,194 | 196.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 83.6% |
| Doncaster 009A | 1,461 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.6% |
| Doncaster 009B | 1,866 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Doncaster 009C | 1,987 | 152.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Doncaster 009D | 1,505 | 298.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Doncaster 009E | 1,378 | 79.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| Doncaster 009F | 1,387 | 132.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
| Doncaster 009G | 1,275 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
MPs for DN6
- Ed MilibandLabourMP for Doncaster North97% of DN6’s postcodes
- Keir MatherLabourMP for Selby2.7% of DN6’s postcodes
- Jon TrickettLabourMP for Normanton and Hemsworth0.1% of DN6’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.
Middle areas in DN63
Postcode sectors in DN64
Council1
Towns in DN61
Postcode districts next to DN67
Nearest rail stations1
More in the DN postcode area2
DN6 in brief
DN6 is a postcode district covering Adwick le Street, Askern and Woodlands, in Doncaster.
About 32,268 people lived in DN6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £165,000 in 2025 across 366 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DN6 was £165,000 in 2025.
DN6 had 31,025 usual residents at the census.
About 89% of people in DN6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DN6, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.