DL13 5RB

Lower Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL2 3AN 880 m
DL2 3AL 930 m
DL14 9SP 1.0 km
DL13 5AN 1.1 km
DL2 3AS 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL13 5RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL13
Postcode sector
DL13 5
Latitude
54.605910
Longitude
-1.779591
British National Grid easting
414,336
British National Grid northing
523,437

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010610
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105854
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 064A · E01020856
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 064 · E02004345

Postcode source versions

Explore DL13

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Evenwood Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km
  2. Highcroft School

    Other independent special school

    1.9 km
  3. Cockfield Primary School

    Community school

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
DL13 5 residents
3,139

Age bands in DL13 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.5%

405 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

275 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.1%

541 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.9%

984 residents

Age 65 and over
26.3%

785 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL13 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+
0%
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
50%

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

3

within 5 km

  • WOODVIEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, COCKFIELD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5AF

    ODS code A83032

    1.8 km

  • EVENWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    EVENWOOD MEDICAL CENTRE, COPELAND LANE, EVENWOOD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 9SU

    ODS code A83626

    2.1 km

  • PINFOLD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    PINFOLD LANE, BUTTERKNOWLE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 5NX

    ODS code A83060

    4.3 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

  • Burnthouses Lane

    BCT · Keverstone Grange

    0.6 miles
  • Burnthouses Lane

    BCT · Keverstone Grange

    0.6 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Hilton

    0.6 miles
  • Road End

    BCT · Hilton

    0.6 miles
  • Evenfield Farm

    BCT · Evenwood

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 064A, 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

5,287 of 33,755

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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Evenwood Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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