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DL5 4EL

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Aycliffe South
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 4EY 33 m
DL5 4HB 47 m
DL5 4ER 53 m
DL5 4ET 75 m
DL5 4EP 120 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 4EL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1981
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4
Latitude
54.620324
Longitude
-1.578749
British National Grid easting
427,300
British National Grid northing
525,100

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Aycliffe South · E05016154
Parish or community
E04010634
Westminster constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor · E14001382
Output area
E00105794
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063D · E01020845
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
13
Secondary
3

  1. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    173 m

  2. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    354 m

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    491 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,079
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,182
  • Anti social behaviour 521
  • Criminal damage and arson 342
  • Shoplifting 283
  • Public order 205

Census 2021

Population and age profile

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

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

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    241 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    541 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.0 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Priestman Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Priestman Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Silkin Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Stephenson Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Westmorland Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,543 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
8 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery is the nearest published school at 173 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,079 published events cover 12 months, averaging 256.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,182 events.

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