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DL5 5NQ

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 5JH 30 m
DL5 5JP 71 m
DL5 5JR 78 m
DL5 5JS 96 m
DL5 5JL 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 5NQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 December 1988
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 5
Latitude
54.614937
Longitude
-1.580353
British National Grid easting
427,200
British National Grid northing
524,500

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
E00105690
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063A · E01020824
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
19
Primary
12
Secondary
3

  1. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    588 m

  2. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    706 m

  3. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    769 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,672
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,035
  • Anti social behaviour 441
  • Criminal damage and arson 309
  • Shoplifting 244
  • Public order 174

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    477 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    621 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.6 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Pease Way - Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Pease Way - Emerson Way

    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.

Evidence in context

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 588 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,672 published events cover 12 months, averaging 222.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,035 events.

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