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DL5 7AL

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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 7BW 15 m
DL5 5NG 44 m
DL5 7AJ 72 m
DL5 7AB 89 m
DL5 5NE 97 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 7AL
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 2021
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 7
Latitude
54.617113
Longitude
-1.577884
British National Grid easting
427,358
British National Grid northing
524,743

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
E00105796
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 063D · E01020845
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 063 · E02004344

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
13
Secondary
3

  1. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School

    Academy sponsor led

    498 m

  2. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

    Academy converter

    502 m

  3. Sugar Hill Primary School

    Community school

    542 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,944
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,118
  • Anti social behaviour 489
  • Criminal damage and arson 336
  • Shoplifting 283
  • Public order 195

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL5 7 residents
9,208

Age bands in DL5 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19%

1,738 residents

Age 15 to 24
12.2%

1,118 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

2,075 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

2,397 residents

Age 65 and over
19.7%

1,802 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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    187 m

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    392 m

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.4 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Pease Way - Emerson Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Castlereagh Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Castlereagh Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Pease Way - Emerson Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

  • Pease Way Medical Centre

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 063D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,543 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 498 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 245.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,118 events.

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