DL5 4BB

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Aycliffe
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 4BA 44 m
DL5 4BD 78 m
DL5 4AZ 107 m
DL5 4BE 110 m
DL5 4BQ 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 4BB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4
Latitude
54.626167
Longitude
-1.556524
British National Grid easting
428,731
British National Grid northing
525,759

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105719
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 062C · E01020833
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 062 · E02004343

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Hutchinson Walk, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4BB 23 February 2024 £115,000
5, Hutchinson Walk, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4BB 28 March 2022 £40,000
3, Hutchinson Walk, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4BB 16 July 2021 £85,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Woodham Academy

    Academy converter

    388 m
  2. Vane Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    420 m
  3. North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School

    Other independent special school

    486 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,735
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 681
  • Anti social behaviour 295
  • Shoplifting 196
  • Criminal damage and arson 168
  • Public order 117

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
11

5 female, 6 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.2
DL5 4 residents
9,846

Age bands in DL5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,657 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

982 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.6%

2,348 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,769 residents

Age 65 and over
22%

2,188 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL5 4 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

3

within 5 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.4 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.5 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.6 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

  • Washington Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Young People's centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Young People's centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Vane Road - School

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Welbury Grove

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 062C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,752 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Property market

The five-year median is £77,500 from 2 recorded sales in DL5 4BB. 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.

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Woodham Academy is the nearest published school at 388 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,735 published events cover 12 months, averaging 144.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 681 events.

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