DL13 4DY

Weardale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bishop Auckland
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL13 4DN 50 m
DL13 4DW 58 m
DL13 4DG 62 m
DL13 4BP 72 m
DL13 4DL 91 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 4DY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 4
Latitude
54.742832
Longitude
-1.813303
British National Grid easting
412,118
British National Grid northing
538,667

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Weardale · E05016200
Parish or community
E04010703
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106055
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 045D · E01020892
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 045 · E02004349

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, St Albans Street, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4DY 11 April 2025 £55,000
3, St Albans Street, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4DY 29 April 2022 £52,500
3, St Albans Street, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4DY 9 August 2019 £36,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Tow Law Millennium Primary School

    Community school

    227 m
  2. Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

    Academy converter

    727 m
  3. Peases West Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
257
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 102
  • Anti social behaviour 46
  • Criminal damage and arson 28
  • Public order 25
  • Burglary 15

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
14

5 female, 9 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
1.6
DL13 4 residents
3,001

Age bands in DL13 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

442 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

330 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

665 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.9%

944 residents

Age 65 and over
22.1%

674 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL13 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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 · Tow Law

    0.0 miles
  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.0 miles
  • Monument

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Monument

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Bridge Street

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 045D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,035 of 33,755

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

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 £53,750 from 2 recorded sales in DL13 4DY. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Tow Law Millennium Primary School is the nearest published school at 227 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

257 published events cover 12 months, averaging 21.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 102 events.

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