DL5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newton Aycliffe, Woodham Village and Aycliffe Village, in County Durham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DL5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 9% of people in DL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DL5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL5 at a rate of 127.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across the DL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 352 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,387), anti-social behaviour (869) and other crime (555).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL5 was 119.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DL5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL5 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 060A | 1,196 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 060B | 1,316 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| County Durham 060C | 1,268 | 78.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.0% |
| County Durham 060D | 1,161 | 63.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.4% |
| County Durham 060E | 2,432 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| County Durham 060F | 1,342 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.5% |
| County Durham 061A | 1,322 | 260.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| County Durham 061B | 1,547 | 144.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |
| County Durham 061C | 1,457 | 219.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| County Durham 061D | 1,281 | 129.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.3% |
| County Durham 062A | 1,733 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 88.5% |
| County Durham 062B | 1,344 | 241.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| County Durham 062C | 1,215 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.9% |
| County Durham 062D | 1,244 | 109.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| County Durham 063A | 1,453 | 117.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 91.3% |
| County Durham 063B | 1,500 | 124.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 40.8% |
| County Durham 063C | 1,448 | 283.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.1% |
| County Durham 063D | 1,354 | 199.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.2% |
| County Durham 063E | 1,217 | 159.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.0% |
| Darlington 001C | 1,546 | 53.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 77.6% |
MPs for DL5
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor91% of DL5’s postcodes
- Lola McEvoyLabourMP for Darlington9.1% of DL5’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DL54
Postcode sectors in DL55
Council1
Towns in DL51
Postcode districts next to DL56
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DL postcode area2
DL5 in brief
DL5 is a postcode district covering Newton Aycliffe, Woodham Village and Aycliffe Village, in County Durham.
About 30,593 people lived in DL5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 400 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 127.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL5 was £160,000 in 2025.
DL5 had 29,596 usual residents at the census.
About 9% of people in DL5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DL5, 88.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.