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DL1 5EX

Park East · Darlington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Darlington
Ward
Park East
Local authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington
Postcode district
DL1
Postcode sector
DL1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL1 5DY 56 m
DL1 5DH 66 m
DL1 5EW 96 m
DL1 5DX 114 m
DL1 5EY 116 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL1 5EX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL1
Postcode sector
DL1 5
Latitude
54.517779
Longitude
-1.552151
British National Grid easting
429,090
British National Grid northing
513,700

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Darlington · E06000005
Electoral ward
Park East · E05010425
Parish or community
E43000249
Westminster constituency
Darlington · E14001190
Output area
E00062326
Lower layer super output area
Darlington 014A · E01012356
Middle layer super output area
Darlington 014 · E02002572

Postcode source versions

Explore DL1

Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Briar Dene, Milner Road, Darlington, DL1 5EX 3 February 2025 £140,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
44
Primary
26
Secondary
7

  1. Polam Hall School

    Free schools

    588 m

  2. Skerne Park Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    592 m

  3. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    792 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,866
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,743
  • Anti social behaviour 778
  • Criminal damage and arson 520
  • Shoplifting 487
  • Public order 387

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
1.3
DL1 5 residents
6,436

Age bands in DL1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

1,297 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.6%

848 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.7%

1,927 residents

Age 45 to 64
25%

1,678 residents

Age 65 and over
14.5%

974 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL1 5 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

10

within 5 km

  • CLIFTON COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 5JN

    ODS code A83040

    411 m

  • NEASHAM ROAD SURGERY

    186 NEASHAM ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 4YL

    ODS code A83013

    617 m

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    PARK PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL1 5LW

    ODS code A83641

    654 m

  • BLACKETTS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    63-65 BONDGATE, DARLINGTON, DL3 7JR

    ODS code A83034

    1.1 km

  • ORCHARD COURT SURGERY

    ORCHARD COURT, ORCHARD ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 6HZ

    ODS code A83006

    1.9 km

  • CARMEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUNNERY LANE, DARLINGTON, DL3 8SQ

    ODS code A83031

    2.1 km

  • DENMARK STREET SURGERY

    DENMARK STREET, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PD

    ODS code A83047

    2.3 km

  • MOORLANDS SURGERY

    139A WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JP

    ODS code A83010

    2.5 km

  • WHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WHINBUSH WAY, DARLINGTON, DL1 3RT

    ODS code A83005

    3.6 km

  • ROCKLIFFE COURT SURGERY

    ROCKLIFFE COURT, HURWORTH PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL2 2DS

    ODS code A83048

    3.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Henderson Street

    BCT · Darlington

    0.1 miles

  • Henderson Street

    BCT · Darlington

    0.1 miles

  • Milner Road

    BCT · South Park

    0.1 miles

  • Milner Road

    BCT · South Park

    0.1 miles

  • Waverley Terrace

    BCT · Darlington

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Darlington 014A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,413 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £140,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL1 5EX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Darlington is £158,188 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.

Schools

44 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 7 secondary schools. Polam Hall School is the nearest published school at 588 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,866 published events cover 12 months, averaging 405.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,743 events.

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