Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
2996
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Rank 2996 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Police Recorded Crime near DL4 1BN
Crime trends · near DL4 1BN
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearApr '24 – Mar '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
84
YoY stable
ASB
27
YoY -37%
Vehicle Crime
4
YoY -20%
Burglary
10
YoY stable
Criminal damage
34
YoY +79%
Apr '24Oct '24Apr '25Oct '25Mar '26
2 of 5 key categories improving · criminal damage rising
213
incidents · Mar '26
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,513
White Brit.97.0%
+ other · 3.0%
Religion
Total residents: 1,514
Christian52.6%
No religion41.1%
Not answered5.4%
+ other · 0.8%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,518
50–6420.9%
35–4915.6%
65–7414.5%
25–3413.1%
75–847.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 28.2%
Households
Total households: 762
Any member 66+23.9%
Other21.3%
Lone parent family: With dependent children8.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children8.5%
All members 66+8.0%
+ 6 other households · 29.5%
Administrative Information
County Durham
Local Authority
Council Area
Bishop Auckland E14001101
Constituency
E14001101
Durham
Police Force
Scotland-wide
Ward
Shildon & Dene Valley
Constituency code
E14001101
EU Electoral Region
North East
Parish
Shildon
International Territorial Level
County Durham
Health & NHS
North East
Health Authority
Serving (pseudo) England (UA/MD/LB)
NHS Scotland
Northern
Cancer Alliance
National
Health Authority
North East
NHS Region
North East and Yorkshire
Integrated Care Board
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
Primary Care Org
County Durham
Sub ICB Location
NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB - 84H
Cancer Alliance
Northern
Statistical Areas
LSOA 2021
Super Output Area
County Durham 059D E01020839
E01020839
MSOA 2021
Mid Super Output
County Durham 059 E02004340
E02004340
LSOA 2011
Super Output Area
County Durham 059D E01020839
E01020839
MSOA 2011
Mid Super Output
County Durham 059 E02004340
E02004340
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Rural/Urban Classification 2021
2001 Classification
(England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 Classification
(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
2021 Classification
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1
Sun & Time Information
4:10 AM
Sunrise
7:56 PM
Sunset
10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
Sunrise (today)
4:10 AM
Sunset (today)
7:56 PM
Daylight duration
10 hours 28 minutes
Time zone
GMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 -> Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode DL4 1BN introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Urban ≥ 10k – less sparse: OA falls within urban settlements with a population of 10,000 or more and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 5
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 2996
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city RLN1. LSOA E01020839 and MSOA E02004340 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode DL4 1BN is currently active and in use.
First introduced
January 1980
Usage ended
Not terminated
Active duration
~46 years
Last updated
2026-02-01
Current status
Live
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