Property market
The five-year median is £62,000 from 1,324 recorded sales in DL4. 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.
DL4
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 365
- Current units
- 302
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 63
Postcode sectors in DL4
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
6,238 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Dean Gardens, Shildon, DL4 1EX | 24 July 2026 | £92,000 |
| 13, Albion Avenue, Shildon, DL4 1ER | 22 July 2026 | £27,000 |
| 6, Dent Street, Shildon, DL4 2DJ | 16 July 2026 | £91,999 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 3
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,777
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 630
- Anti social behaviour 277
- Criminal damage and arson 270
- Other theft 115
- Burglary 114
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DL4 usual residents
- 10,100
- Age-profile population
- 10,050
Age bands in DL4
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 17.3%
- 1,738 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- 1,041 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- 2,407 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- 2,754 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21%
- 2,110 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 301 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 282 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 261 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
HALLGARTH SURGERY
CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP
ODS code A83008
Evidence in context
Schools
3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,777 published events cover 12 months, averaging 148 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 630 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.