DL14 6BF

Bishop Auckland · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6QL 81 m
DL14 6QQ 85 m
DL14 6NX 99 m
DL14 6QH 119 m
DL14 6PA 123 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 6BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2007
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6
Latitude
54.648250
Longitude
-1.687078
British National Grid easting
420,291
British National Grid northing
528,171

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010595
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106128
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 058D · E01020908
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 058 · E02004355

Postcode source versions

Explore DL14

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
28
Primary
20
Secondary
3
  1. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

    Academy converter

    139 m
  2. St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College

    Academy converter

    369 m
  3. Aclet Close Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    400 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,996
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 890
  • Shoplifting 591
  • Anti social behaviour 418
  • Criminal damage and arson 363
  • Public order 210

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

12 female, 5 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
DL14 6 residents
11,070

Age bands in DL14 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

2,008 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

1,212 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

2,493 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,074 residents

Age 65 and over
23.4%

2,679 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL14 6 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

4

within 5 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

    THE OLD FIRE HOUSE, WATLING ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6RP

    ODS code A83021

    521 m

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    1.1 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.4 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Proudfoot Dr - Walker Dr

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Douthwaite Road

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Douthwaite Road

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • St Wilfrids School

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles
  • Proudfoot Dr - Walker Dr

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 058D, 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

5,150 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland is the nearest published school at 139 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,996 published events cover 12 months, averaging 249.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 890 events.

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