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DL4 1DQ

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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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 1AQ 27 m
DL4 1AA 38 m
DL4 1AF 40 m
DL4 1AD 72 m
DL4 1DG 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL4 1DQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 October 1984
Terminated
1 May 1994
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1
Latitude
54.632237
Longitude
-1.651433
British National Grid easting
422,600
British National Grid northing
526,400

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
E00105760
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 059D · E01020839
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
34
Primary
23
Secondary
4

  1. Thornhill Primary School

    Community school

    396 m

  2. Timothy Hackworth Primary School

    Community school

    457 m

  3. St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon

    Voluntary aided school

    768 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,950
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 690
  • Criminal damage and arson 318
  • Anti social behaviour 308
  • Other theft 124
  • Burglary 115

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    583 m

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    2.5 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    3.2 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    3.4 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

    COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE

    ODS code A83066

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Main Street

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • Main Street

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • Hippodrome

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • Hippodrome

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

  • St Johns Church

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 059D, 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

2,618 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
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. Thornhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 396 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,950 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 690 events.

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