DL15 8AS

Crook · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Crook
Ward
Crook
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL15 8AT 50 m
DL15 8AY 343 m
DL15 8AZ 388 m
DL15 8AR 397 m
DL15 8AX 465 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 8AS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 8
Latitude
54.681617
Longitude
-1.731972
British National Grid easting
417,380
British National Grid northing
531,872

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Crook · E05016169
Parish or community
E43000254
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00106022
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 057B · E01020888
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 057 · E02004354

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, High Grange, Crook, DL15 8AS 11 December 2025 £120,000
23, High Grange, Crook, DL15 8AS 10 August 2023 £200,000
19, High Grange, Crook, DL15 8AS 23 June 2023 £82,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
18
Secondary
4
  1. Hunwick Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  2. Howden-le-Wear Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km
  3. St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park

    Academy converter

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
59
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 11
  • Vehicle crime 6
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Burglary 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
47

22 female, 25 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.0
DL15 8 residents
5,225

Age bands in DL15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.7%

929 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

513 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.6%

1,184 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.6%

1,446 residents

Age 65 and over
22.3%

1,171 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL15 8 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+
96%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
96%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
96%
Gigabit-capable
96%
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 straight-line

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    4.0 km

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    4.1 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    4.4 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Institute

    BCT · High Grange

    0.1 miles
  • Institute

    BCT · High Grange

    0.1 miles
  • Low Side Farm

    BCT · High Grange

    0.3 miles
  • Low Side Farm

    BCT · High Grange

    0.4 miles
  • Reservoir

    BCT · North Bitchburn

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 057B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,715 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
7 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
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £90,000 from 5 recorded sales in DL15 8AS. 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 4 secondary schools. Hunwick Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

59 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 21 events.

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