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DL4 1BQ

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Shildon & Dene Valley
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL4 1BG 108 m
DL4 1BE 155 m
DL4 1BD 244 m
DL4 1RD 338 m
DL4 1BB 348 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL4 1BQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1
Latitude
54.640495
Longitude
-1.657359
British National Grid easting
422,213
British National Grid northing
527,317

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Shildon & Dene Valley · E05016193
Parish or community
E04010691
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105762
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 059C · E01020838
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 059 · E02004340

Postcode source versions

Explore DL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
4

  1. Thornhill Primary School

    Community school

    609 m

  2. Prince Bishops Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. St Andrew's Academy

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,648
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 609
  • Criminal damage and arson 271
  • Anti social behaviour 240
  • Shoplifting 101
  • Public order 88

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
DL4 1 residents
4,427

Age bands in DL4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.9%

619 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

434 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

950 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.5%

1,308 residents

Age 65 and over
25.4%

1,128 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL4 1 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+
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%

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    1.1 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

    THE OLD FIRE HOUSE, WATLING ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6RP

    ODS code A83021

    1.6 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    2.2 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    2.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Busty Terrace

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • Busty Terrace

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • Auckland Terrace

    BCT · Shildon

    0.3 miles

  • Margaret Terrace

    BCT · Eldon Lane

    0.3 miles

  • Margaret Terrace

    BCT · Eldon Lane

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 059C, 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

3,228 of 33,755

Income
3 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
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
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

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Thornhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 609 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,648 published events cover 12 months, averaging 137.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 609 events.

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