Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England
Updated September 2026
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At this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 29, Dean Street, Shildon, DL4 1HA | 30 September 2024 | £127,000 |
| 21, Dean Street, Shildon, DL4 1HA | 26 April 2024 | £64,000 |
| 31, Dean Street, Shildon, DL4 1HA | 12 January 2023 | £117,000 |
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
Thornhill Primary School
Community school
St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon
Voluntary aided school
Timothy Hackworth Primary School
Community school
Within 1 mile of this postcode
Census 2021
23 female, 20 male
619 residents
434 residents
950 residents
1,308 residents
1,128 residents
This postcode contained 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.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
NHS ODS
5
within 5 km
CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP
ODS code A83008
372 m
THE OLD FIRE HOUSE, WATLING ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6RP
ODS code A83021
2.5 km
29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB
ODS code A83015
3.1 km
178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ
ODS code A83025
3.3 km
COBBLERS HALL, CARERS WAY, BURN LANE, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 4SE
ODS code A83066
4.5 km
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
St Johns Church
BCT · Shildon
St Johns Church
BCT · Shildon
Primary School
BCT · Shildon
Central Parade
BCT · Shildon
Main Street
BCT · Shildon
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
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.
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.
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.
A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.
Recorded sales
The five-year median is £118,500 from 4 recorded sales in DL4 1HA. 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.
Published establishments
33 open schools are in scope, including 22 primary and 4 secondary schools. Thornhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 297 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Published police records
2,109 published events cover 12 months, averaging 175.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 754 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.