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DL5 5DJ

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 5BF 17 m
DL5 5DH 58 m
DL5 5EL 92 m
DL5 5EP 105 m
DL5 5DY 113 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 5DJ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 May 2015
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 5
Latitude
54.615475
Longitude
-1.564491
British National Grid easting
428,224
British National Grid northing
524,566

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
E00105676
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 062A · E01020825
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 062 · E02004343

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
18
Primary
11
Secondary
3

  1. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    427 m

  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe

    Academy converter

    848 m

  3. Vane Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    878 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,979
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 746
  • Anti social behaviour 361
  • Shoplifting 207
  • Criminal damage and arson 204
  • Public order 131

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL5 5 residents
6,172

Age bands in DL5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,032 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.5%

650 residents

Age 25 to 44
23%

1,422 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,782 residents

Age 65 and over
21%

1,300 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

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    530 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    850 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Neville Parade

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • Neville Parade

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • Neville Parade

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Greville Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Neville Parade

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 062A, 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

9,150 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sugar Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 427 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,979 published events cover 12 months, averaging 164.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 746 events.

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