DL4 1LA

Shildon & Dene Valley · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shildon
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL4 1FD 10 m
DL4 1LW 56 m
DL4 1FB 68 m
DL4 1LE 162 m
DL4 1LD 190 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL4 1LA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 November 2017
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL4
Postcode sector
DL4 1
Latitude
54.630934
Longitude
-1.660986
British National Grid easting
421,984
British National Grid northing
526,252

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

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Davada, West Auckland Road, Shildon, DL4 1LA 16 June 2015 £150,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
32
Primary
21
Secondary
4
  1. Thornhill Primary School

    Community school

    748 m
  2. Timothy Hackworth Primary School

    Community school

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

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,312
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 450
  • Anti social behaviour 215
  • Criminal damage and arson 200
  • Burglary 94
  • Public order 79

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    1.2 km

  • AUCKLAND MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83021

    2.2 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    3.1 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • West Road

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles
  • West Road

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Shildon

    0.1 miles
  • Cemetery

    BCT · Shildon

    0.2 miles
  • Hippodrome

    BCT · Shildon

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

32 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 4 secondary schools. Thornhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 748 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,312 published events cover 12 months, averaging 109.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 450 events.

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