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DL5 5QQ

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Newton Aycliffe
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 4DZ 24 m
DL5 4DP 44 m
DL5 4DH 58 m
DL5 4DJ 62 m
DL5 5RT 88 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 5QQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 April 2004
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 5
Latitude
54.620297
Longitude
-1.571005
British National Grid easting
427,800
British National Grid northing
525,100

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
E00105725
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063C · E01020832
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

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Property

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Cubby, Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5QQ 1 February 2018 £275,000
The Cubby, Central Avenue, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5QQ 1 February 2018 £270,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
12
Secondary
3

  1. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    282 m

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

    Academy converter

    469 m

  3. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    646 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,895
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,111
  • Anti social behaviour 485
  • Criminal damage and arson 320
  • Shoplifting 284
  • Public order 195

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

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    310 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    403 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.2 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Greenwell Road - Dalton Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • Greenwell Road - Dalton Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Central Avenue

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Greenwell Rd Leisure Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sugar Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 282 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,895 published events cover 12 months, averaging 241.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,111 events.

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