DL5 6UF

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newton Aycliffe
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 6YE 68 m
DL5 6EJ 86 m
DL5 6SP 156 m
DL5 5JX 227 m
DL5 6DH 241 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6UF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.611284
Longitude
-1.579089
British National Grid easting
427,284
British National Grid northing
524,094

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105680
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063B · E01020826
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Unit 34, Northfield Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6UF 18 May 2023 £460,000
Unit 35a, Northfield Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6UF 8 April 2019 £625,000
Unit 35, Northfield Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6UF 11 October 2018 £410,000

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

    958 m
  2. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    996 m
  3. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,071
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 759
  • Anti social behaviour 363
  • Criminal damage and arson 247
  • Shoplifting 228
  • Public order 135

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+
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

4

within 5 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    830 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    840 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    2.0 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.9 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Cumby Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Woodham Burn Schools

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Woodham Burn Schools

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Simpasture Gate

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 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.

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
1
Low risk addresses
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £460,000 from 1 recorded sale in DL5 6UF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for County Durham is £138,148 in June 2026, up 7.0% year on year.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Sugar Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 958 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,071 published events cover 12 months, averaging 172.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 759 events.

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