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DL17 0AU

Ferryhill · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Ferryhill
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL17 0AD 45 m
DL17 0BY 64 m
DL17 0AP 66 m
DL17 0AR 136 m
DL17 0AS 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL17 0AU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 October 2007
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL17
Postcode sector
DL17 0
Latitude
54.679552
Longitude
-1.531284
British National Grid easting
430,321
British National Grid northing
531,710

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Ferryhill · E05016177
Parish or community
E04010628
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105587
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 053G · E01034506
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 053 · E02004338

Postcode source versions

Explore DL17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
15
Primary
11
Secondary
1

  1. Ferryhill Station Primary School

    Community school

    546 m

  2. Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

  3. Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
739
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 318
  • Criminal damage and arson 92
  • Anti social behaviour 83
  • Public order 54
  • Shoplifting 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL17 0 residents
5,673

Age bands in DL17 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

900 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

616 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.6%

1,441 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.4%

1,601 residents

Age 65 and over
19%

1,071 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

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    2.0 km

  • WEST CORNFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE

    READING STREET, WEST CORNFORTH, FERRYHILL, DL17 9LH

    ODS code A83634

    2.7 km

  • COXHOE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    1 LANSDOWNE ROAD, COXHOE, DURHAM, DH6 4DH

    ODS code A83027

    4.3 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    4.9 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Chilton Lane - Trafalger St

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.0 miles

  • Chilton Lane - Trafalger St

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.0 miles

  • Eldon Arms

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.1 miles

  • Eldon Arms

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.1 miles

  • Eldon Arms

    BCT · Ferryhill Station

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 053G, 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

823 of 33,755

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

15 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 1 secondary schools. Ferryhill Station Primary School is the nearest published school at 546 m.

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

Recorded crime

739 published events cover 12 months, averaging 61.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 318 events.

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