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DL15 9AU

Deerness · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Deerness
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
City of Durham
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL15 9AS 735 m
DH7 9NH 1.0 km
DH7 9NJ 1.0 km
DH7 9NL 1.1 km
DH7 9NN 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 9AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9
Latitude
54.758189
Longitude
-1.696706
British National Grid easting
419,617
British National Grid northing
540,402

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Deerness · E05016171
Parish or community
E04010603
Westminster constituency
City of Durham · E14001173
Output area
E00105063
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 031B · E01020706
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 031 · E02004316

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
10
Secondary
1

  1. Esh Winning Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  2. The Independent Grammar School:Durham

    Other independent school

    1.3 km

  3. New Brancepeth Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
269
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 103
  • Anti social behaviour 68
  • Criminal damage and arson 41
  • Other theft 13
  • Other crime 12

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL15 9 residents
8,808

Age bands in DL15 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,489 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

904 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,041 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

2,488 residents

Age 65 and over
20.9%

1,834 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL15 9 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
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

  • THE MEDICAL GROUP

    ADRIAN CLARK HOUSE, SAWMILLS LANE, MEADOWFIELD, DURHAM, DH7 8NH

    ODS code A83022

    4.5 km

  • DUNELM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    KELVIN HOUSE, 1-2 VICTOR TERRACE, BEARPARK, DURHAM, DH7 7DG

    ODS code A83030

    4.8 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

  • College View

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.7 miles

  • College View

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.7 miles

  • Lymington Crossing

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.7 miles

  • Lymington Crossing

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.8 miles

  • Lymington Crossing

    BCT · Esh Winning

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 031B, 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

9,502 of 33,755

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

12 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 1 secondary schools. Esh Winning Academy is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

269 published events cover 12 months, averaging 22.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 103 events.

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