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DL5 6EA

Heighington & Coniscliffe · Darlington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Heighington & Coniscliffe
Local authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 6QF 152 m
DL5 6QZ 365 m
DL5 6UR 413 m
DL5 6UD 526 m
DL5 6SP 529 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.609182
Longitude
-1.587177
British National Grid easting
426,763
British National Grid northing
523,857

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Darlington · E06000005
Electoral ward
Heighington & Coniscliffe · E05010419
Parish or community
E04000296
Westminster constituency
Darlington · E14001190
Output area
E00174206
Lower layer super output area
Darlington 001B · E01012334
Middle layer super output area
Darlington 001 · E02002559

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
12
Secondary
3

  1. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

  2. Forest Park School

    Other independent special school

    1.3 km

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,435
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 565
  • Anti social behaviour 254
  • Criminal damage and arson 180
  • Public order 98
  • Shoplifting 84

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL5 6 residents
4,265

Age bands in DL5 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

657 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

408 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.8%

815 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

1,347 residents

Age 65 and over
25.7%

1,116 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+
0%
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

4

within 5 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.3 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.4 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    2.3 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.6 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

  • Aerial House

    BCT · School Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Aerial House

    BCT · School Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Northfield Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.3 miles

  • Northfield Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.3 miles

  • Newton Aycliffe Rail Station

    RSE · Newton Aycliffe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Darlington 001B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,524 of 33,755

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

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1,435 published events cover 12 months, averaging 119.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 565 events.

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