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DL5 4EW

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 4EH 56 m
DL5 4LG 65 m
DL5 4EJ 82 m
DL5 4LQ 90 m
DL5 4LY 126 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 4EW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4
Latitude
54.619600
Longitude
-1.574791
British National Grid easting
427,556
British National Grid northing
525,021

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
E00105725
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063C · E01020832
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. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    385 m

  2. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    434 m

  3. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    603 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,053
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,178
  • Anti social behaviour 513
  • Criminal damage and arson 341
  • Shoplifting 283
  • Public order 208

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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.

GP practices

4

within 5 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    158 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    295 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.2 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.8 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Greenwell Rd Leisure Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • Greenwell Rd Leisure Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • MacMillan Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • MacMillan Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Town Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,944 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
9 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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sugar Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 385 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,053 published events cover 12 months, averaging 254.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,178 events.

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