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DL5 6HH

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 6JY 39 m
DL5 6NY 56 m
DL5 6JX 57 m
DL5 6JT 70 m
DL5 6JU 78 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6HH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2022
Terminated
1 October 2022
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.596390
Longitude
-1.562790
British National Grid easting
428,347
British National Grid northing
522,443

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
E00105680
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063B · E01020826
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3

  1. Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter

    264 m

  2. Forest Park School

    Other independent special school

    841 m

  3. UTC South Durham

    University technical college

    955 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
90
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 28
  • Other theft 13
  • Anti social behaviour 12
  • Vehicle crime 10
  • Burglary 9

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    2.4 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    2.6 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    3.9 km

Nearby transport

  • North Briton

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.0 miles

  • Royal Telegraph

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.1 miles

  • Royal Telegraph

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.1 miles

  • North Briton

    BCT · Aycliffe Village

    0.1 miles

  • Heighington Lane

    BCT · Aycliffe Industrial Estate

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063B, 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

8,606 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 264 m.

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

Recorded crime

90 published events cover 12 months, averaging 7.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 28 events.

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