DL5 6UQ

Aycliffe South · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 5EE 65 m
DL5 5EG 66 m
DL5 5EH 66 m
DL5 5EF 70 m
DL5 5EB 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 6UQ
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
1 December 1986
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 6
Latitude
54.613075
Longitude
-1.561791
British National Grid easting
428,400
British National Grid northing
524,300

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105685
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 062A · E01020825
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
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    737 m
  2. Vane Road Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,660
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 599
  • Anti social behaviour 315
  • Shoplifting 202
  • Criminal damage and arson 168
  • Public order 111

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

    820 m

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.1 km

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    2.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Gilpin Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Gilpin Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Balliol Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Balliol Road

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Neville Parade

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 062A, 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

9,150 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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. Sugar Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 737 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,660 published events cover 12 months, averaging 138.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 599 events.

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