DL4 1DF

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL14 6SJ 172 m
DL14 6TD 251 m
DL14 6XP 261 m
DL14 6SY 267 m
DL14 6TB 269 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL4 1DF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1
Latitude
54.644025
Longitude
-1.660010
British National Grid easting
422,040
British National Grid northing
527,709

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010691
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105569
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 059B · E01020802
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 059 · E02004340

Postcode source versions

Explore DL4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
28
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Prince Bishops Community Primary School

    Academy converter

    855 m
  2. St Andrew's Academy

    Academy converter

    873 m
  3. Thornhill Primary School

    Community school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
1,978
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 733
  • Criminal damage and arson 336
  • Anti social behaviour 275
  • Shoplifting 120
  • Public order 109

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

3 female, 5 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.2% 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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    1.3 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    1.5 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    1.8 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    2.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rosemount Garage

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles
  • Rosemount Garage

    BCT · South Church

    0.1 miles
  • Margaret Terrace

    BCT · Eldon Lane

    0.2 miles
  • Rosemount Road

    BCT · South Church

    0.2 miles
  • Rosemount Road

    BCT · South Church

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 059B, 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

2,528 of 33,755

Income
2 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
4 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

28 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Prince Bishops Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 855 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,978 published events cover 12 months, averaging 164.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 733 events.

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