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DL5 5RH

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 5RQ 71 m
DL5 5RG 94 m
DL5 5AR 112 m
DL5 5AP 117 m
DL5 5AW 136 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 5RH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 5
Latitude
54.622790
Longitude
-1.559441
British National Grid easting
428,545
British National Grid northing
525,382

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
E00105724
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 062C · E01020833
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. Vane Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    1 m

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

    Academy converter

    395 m

  3. Woodham Academy

    Academy converter

    500 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,072
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 806
  • Anti social behaviour 372
  • Shoplifting 209
  • Criminal damage and arson 205
  • Public order 136

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.

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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

3

within 5 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    992 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.2 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Vane Road-Mellanby Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.0 miles

  • Vane Road - School

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Vane Road-Mellanby Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Vane Road - School

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Mellanby Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 062C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,752 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

18 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Vane Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 1 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,072 published events cover 12 months, averaging 172.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 806 events.

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