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DL15 8QR

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 8QP 48 m
DL15 8QS 69 m
DL15 8QW 74 m
DL15 9EY 104 m
DL15 8NP 121 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 8QR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 8
Latitude
54.710315
Longitude
-1.733738
British National Grid easting
417,254
British National Grid northing
535,065

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
E00106076
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 046D · E01020899
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 046 · E02004350

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

Property

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25 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Dale View, Crook, DL15 8QR 24 June 2025 £70,000
4, Dale View, Crook, DL15 8QR 16 September 2024 £80,000
10, Dale View, Crook, DL15 8QR 9 November 2023 £78,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
13
Secondary
1

  1. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook

    Academy converter

    843 m

  2. Crook Primary School

    Community school

    956 m

  3. Hartside Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,142
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 400
  • Criminal damage and arson 202
  • Anti social behaviour 180
  • Public order 94
  • Shoplifting 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

14 female, 11 male

Postcode households
16
Residents per household
1.6
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 0.5% 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+
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%

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    1.1 km

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    2.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Elcoat Terrace

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • Jobs Hill Bank

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • Elcoat Terrace

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • Wheatbottom

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • Ennerdale Drive

    BCT · Crook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 046D, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,949 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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 £79,000 from 4 recorded sales in DL15 8QR. 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

15 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 1 secondary schools. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook is the nearest published school at 843 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,142 published events cover 12 months, averaging 95.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 400 events.

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