DL5 7EH

Aycliffe North & Middridge · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL5 7ES 44 m
DL5 7ER 78 m
DL5 7EP 90 m
DL5 7ET 100 m
DL5 7EU 101 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL5 7EH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL5
Postcode sector
DL5 7
Latitude
54.623073
Longitude
-1.594208
British National Grid easting
426,300
British National Grid northing
525,400

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010634
Output area
E00105633
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 061A · E01020816
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 061 · E02004342

Postcode source versions

Explore DL5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
17
Secondary
3
  1. St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    114 m
  2. Byerley Park Primary School

    Community school

    286 m
  3. Walworth School

    Community special school

    435 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,163
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 857
  • Anti social behaviour 355
  • Criminal damage and arson 262
  • Shoplifting 160
  • Public order 145

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

  • JUBILEE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83066

    1.2 km

  • PEASE WAY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 PEASE WAY, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5NH

    ODS code A83074

    1.2 km

  • BEWICK CRESCENT SURGERY

    27 BEWICK CRESCENT, NEWTON AYCLIFFE, DL5 5LH

    ODS code A83037

    1.6 km

  • HALLGARTH SURGERY

    CHEAPSIDE, SHILDON, DL4 2HP

    ODS code A83008

    3.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Meadowfield Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Meadowfield Way

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Alston Crescent

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.1 miles
  • Greenfield Way - Blackton Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles
  • Greenfield Way - Blackton Close

    BCT · Newton Aycliffe

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 061A, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

301 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 114 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 180.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 857 events.

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