DL13 4ET

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 4HE 35 m
DL13 4DS 92 m
DL13 4BA 112 m
DL13 4DR 128 m
DL13 4EY 130 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 4ET
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 4
Latitude
54.745741
Longitude
-1.811394
British National Grid easting
412,240
British National Grid northing
538,991

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
E00106053
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 045E · E01020894
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 045 · E02004349

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Grange, Church Lane, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4ET 19 January 2010 £615,000
The Grange, Church Lane, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4ET 18 January 2008 £480,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law

    Academy converter

    408 m
  2. Tow Law Millennium Primary School

    Community school

    570 m
  3. Peases West Academy

    Academy converter

    4.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
251
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 101
  • Anti social behaviour 45
  • Criminal damage and arson 27
  • Public order 25
  • Burglary 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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 0.2% 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

  • Co-op (former Mart)

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Co-op (former Mart)

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.1 miles
  • Working Mens Club

    BCT · Tow Law

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 045E, 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

4,861 of 33,755

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

Schools

Published establishments

6 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law is the nearest published school at 408 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

251 published events cover 12 months, averaging 20.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 101 events.

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