DL5 4FD

Aycliffe North & Middridge · 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 4FE 100 m
DL5 4PF 117 m
DL5 4FF 139 m
DL5 4FH 151 m
DL5 7QL 177 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 4FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2002
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4
Latitude
54.631539
Longitude
-1.583729
British National Grid easting
426,971
British National Grid northing
526,346

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00183309
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 060E · E01020850
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 060 · E02004341

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

106 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
51, Ashtree Close, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4FD 14 March 2025 £162,500
45, Ashtree Close, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4FD 25 February 2025 £184,250
36, Ashtree Close, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4FD 26 April 2024 £186,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
18
Secondary
3
  1. Walworth School

    Community special school

    745 m
  2. Byerley Park Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,176
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 818
  • Anti social behaviour 364
  • Shoplifting 255
  • Criminal damage and arson 231
  • Public order 143

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
123

61 female, 62 male

Postcode households
50
Residents per household
2.5
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 1.2% 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

4

within 5 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    307 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.5 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.7 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.9 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

  • Bluebell Way-Eade Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Burn Lane - Care Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Cobblers Hall

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Cobblers Hall

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Bluebell Way-Eade Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 060E, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,761 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £179,000 from 7 recorded sales in DL5 4FD. 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

26 open schools are in scope, including 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Walworth School is the nearest published school at 745 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,176 published events cover 12 months, averaging 181.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 818 events.

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