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DL14 6RQ

Bishop Auckland · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6QS 39 m
DL14 6QT 82 m
DL14 6QP 88 m
DL14 6QU 109 m
DL14 6PD 144 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL14 6RQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1990
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL14
Postcode sector
DL14 6
Latitude
54.645814
Longitude
-1.686958
British National Grid easting
420,300
British National Grid northing
527,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Bishop Auckland · E05016158
Parish or community
E04010595
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106124
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 058E · E01020909
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. Aclet Close Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    269 m

  2. Woodhouse Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    324 m

  3. St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland

    Academy converter

    385 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,800
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 815
  • Shoplifting 587
  • Anti social behaviour 392
  • Criminal damage and arson 334
  • Public order 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    573 m

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    1.3 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    1.6 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Proudfoot Drive - Shops

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles

  • Proudfoot Drive - South

    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

  • Proudfoot Dr - Walker Dr

    BCT · Woodhouse Close Estate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 058E, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

96 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Schools

28 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 3 secondary schools. Aclet Close Nursery School is the nearest published school at 269 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,800 published events cover 12 months, averaging 233.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 815 events.

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