DL5 5JX

Aycliffe South · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 5JW 93 m
DL5 5JP 133 m
DL5 6EJ 143 m
DL5 5HJ 145 m
DL5 5JS 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 5JX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 5
Latitude
54.613324
Longitude
-1.578929
British National Grid easting
427,293
British National Grid northing
524,321

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105687
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063A · E01020824
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

48 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Watson Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5JX 22 November 2024 £127,500
45, Watson Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5JX 2 August 2024 £126,000
7, Watson Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5JX 1 July 2024 £126,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
12
Secondary
3
  1. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    789 m
  2. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    789 m
  3. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    894 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 959
  • Anti social behaviour 407
  • Criminal damage and arson 294
  • Shoplifting 235
  • Public order 161

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
88

43 female, 45 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.2
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

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL5 5 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+
97.6%
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 straight-line

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    607 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    656 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.8 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Simpasture Gate

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Simpasture Gate

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Woodham Burn Schools

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063A, 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

7,315 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
7 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.

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

Property market

The five-year median is £124,250 from 12 recorded sales in DL5 5JX. 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 789 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 207.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 959 events.

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