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DL15 9BS

Crook · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Crook
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL15 9NS 127 m
DL15 9UY 145 m
DL15 9UX 188 m
DL15 9NU 211 m
DL15 9UT 237 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL15 9BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL15
Postcode sector
DL15 9
Latitude
54.712898
Longitude
-1.766286
British National Grid easting
415,156
British National Grid northing
535,345

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
E00105966
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 046B · E01020879
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 046 · E02004350

Postcode source versions

Explore DL15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
12
Secondary
1

  1. Hartside Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

  2. Crook Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
865
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 299
  • Criminal damage and arson 157
  • Anti social behaviour 133
  • Public order 66
  • Shoplifting 59

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
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

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

2

within 5 km

  • NORTH HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE STREET, CROOK, DL15 9HU

    ODS code A83020

    1.3 km

  • WILLINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL STREET, WILLINGTON, CROOK, DL15 0EQ

    ODS code A83003

    4.6 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

  • Woodifield Hill - West House

    BCT · Crook

    0.0 miles

  • Woodifield Hill - West House

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • High West Road

    BCT · Crook

    0.1 miles

  • High West Road

    BCT · Crook

    0.2 miles

  • West Road Rectory

    BCT · Crook

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 046B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

23,356 of 33,755

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

13 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Hartside Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

865 published events cover 12 months, averaging 72.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 299 events.

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