DL13 3BU

Evenwood · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Bishop Auckland
Ward: Evenwood
Local authority: County Durham
Constituency: Bishop Auckland
Postcode district: DL13
Postcode sector: DL13 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
DL13 3QD	98 m
DL13 3QE	121 m
DL13 3QA	133 m
DL13 3QB	137 m
DL13 3PX	167 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: DL13 3BU
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 2023
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: DL
Postcode district: DL13
Postcode sector: DL13 3
Latitude: 54.673451
Longitude: -1.822101
British National Grid easting: 411,571
British National Grid northing: 530,945

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North East · E12000001
Local authority district: County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward: Evenwood · E05016176
Parish or community: E04010638
Westminster constituency: Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area: E00105886
Lower layer super output area: County Durham 064G · E01020864
Middle layer super output area: County Durham 064 · E02004345

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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9 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
5, Hamsterley Pastures, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3BU	24 April 2026	£474,995
14, Hamsterley Pastures, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3BU	19 September 2025	£499,995
8, Hamsterley Pastures, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3BU	20 March 2025	£675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Hamsterley Primary School

Community school
119 m
Witton-le-Wear Primary School

Academy converter
3.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 43
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 18
Criminal damage and arson 8
Vehicle crime 6
Anti social behaviour 5
Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: Not supplied
Postcode households: Not supplied
Residents per household: Not available
DL13 3 residents: 2,987

Age bands in DL13 3

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 14.2%
Age 15 to 24: 7.7%
Age 25 to 44: 16.6%
Age 45 to 64: 31.3%
Age 65 and over: 30.1%

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Working Mens Club

BCT · Hamsterley
0.1 miles
Working Mens Club

BCT · Hamsterley
0.1 miles
Cross Keys

BCT · Hamsterley
0.1 miles
Cross Keys

BCT · Hamsterley
0.1 miles
Prospect House

BCT · Hamsterley
0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 064G, 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

10,331 of 33,755

Income: 7 of 10
Employment: 6 of 10
Education and skills: 5 of 10
Health and disability: 6 of 10
Crime: 8 of 10
Housing and services: 1 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.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £475,000 from 9 recorded sales in DL13 3BU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hamsterley Primary School is the nearest published school at 119 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

43 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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