DL5 4JY

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 4JA 18 m
DL5 4HZ 29 m
DL5 4JQ 53 m
DL5 4HY 74 m
DL5 4JF 92 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 4JY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1986
Terminated
1 December 1995
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 4
Latitude
54.624785
Longitude
-1.569409
British National Grid easting
427,900
British National Grid northing
525,600

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105721
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
12
Secondary
3
  1. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe

    Academy converter

    314 m
  2. Woodham Academy

    Academy converter

    515 m
  3. Vane Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    681 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,702
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,041
  • Anti social behaviour 461
  • Criminal damage and arson 276
  • Shoplifting 270
  • Public order 183

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

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    820 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    828 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    885 m

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Bousfield Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Bousfield Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Faulkner Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Faulkner Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • St Marys School

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe is the nearest published school at 314 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 225.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,041 events.

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