Crook

Crook is covered by postcode district DL15. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £128,750 Homes sold in Crook, last 12 months. ▲ 22.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 200 of 253 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 256 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 60 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 3 primary schools at its postcodes

Every postcode in Crook, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Crook, by flood risk Of the 256 postcodes in Crook that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 239 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Crook. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. DL15 0UJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UL: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UN: not on the flood risk listDL15 0UW: not on the flood risk listDL15 8FF: not on the flood risk listDL15 8FG: not on the flood risk listDL15 8JJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8JT: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LA: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LB: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LF: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LG: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LH: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LN: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LP: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LS: not on the flood risk listDL15 8LU: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NA: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NB: not on the flood risk listDL15 8ND: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NE: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NF: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NH: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NL: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NN: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NP: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NR: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NS: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NT: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NU: not on the flood risk listDL15 8NX: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PA: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PB: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PD: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PE: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PF: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PG: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PH: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PL: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PN: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PP: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PR: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PS: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PT: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PW: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PX: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PY: not on the flood risk listDL15 8PZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 8QE: not on the flood risk listDL15 8QF: not on the flood risk listDL15 8QG: not on 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9NT: not on the flood risk listDL15 9NU: not on the flood risk listDL15 9NW: not on the flood risk listDL15 9NX: not on the flood risk listDL15 9NY: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PA: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PB: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PD: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PE: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PF: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PG: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PH: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PL: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PN: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PQ: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PR: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PS: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PT: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PU: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PW: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PX: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PY: not on the flood risk listDL15 9PZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 9QB: not on the flood risk listDL15 9RL: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TN: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TP: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TR: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TS: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TT: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TU: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TX: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TY: not on the flood risk listDL15 9TZ: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UA: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UH: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UJ: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UU: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UX: not on the flood risk listDL15 9UY: not on the flood risk listDL15 9WB: not on the flood risk listDL15 8JH: low flood risk at worstDL15 9BH: low flood risk at worstDL15 9DN: low flood risk at worstDL15 9DW: low flood risk at worstDL15 9DZ: low flood risk at worstDL15 9ER: low flood risk at worstDL15 9UT: low flood risk at worstDL15 8JY: medium flood risk at worstDL15 8GA: high flood riskDL15 8HG: high flood riskDL15 8JF: high flood riskDL15 8JL: high flood riskDL15 8JZ: high flood riskDL15 8LD: high flood riskDL15 8LT: high flood riskDL15 8RA: high flood riskDL15 9TW: high flood risk Crook Map of every postcode in Crook, by flood risk Of the 256 postcodes in Crook that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 239 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Crook. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Crook
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 239

Of the 256 postcodes in Crook that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 239 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.7131, longitude -1.7487. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DL15 8JL6 at high riskDL15 9TW4 at high riskDL15 8JZ4 at high riskDL15 8HG3 at high riskDL15 8RA3 at high riskDL15 8GA2 at high riskDL15 8JF2 at high riskDL15 8LD2 at high riskDL15 8LT2 at high risk

What is it like to live in Crook?

Homes sold for a typical £128,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22.6% on the 12 months before. At 200 of the 253 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 60 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 256 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 7.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Crook?

Homes in Crook sold for a typical £128,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 86 sales, up 22.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£128,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£105,000
12 months to August 2026
£128,750

▲ up 22.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£241,500 20 sales
Semi-detached£138,750 22 sales
Terraced£102,000 43 sales
Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole DL15 district, Crook's main postcode district: a typical £132,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Crook: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Crook?

3 of the 256 postcodes now in use in Crook came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 133 homes sold in Crook were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL15 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

DL15 8FFsince March 2026DL15 8FGsince November 2024DL15 9BAsince November 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn CrookAcross the DL15 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 86 (0%) 8 of 253 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 133 (0%) 30 of 349 (9%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Crook?

Ofcom reports on 253 of the 256 postcodes in Crook. At 200 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit200 of 253
Postcodes where every home can get superfast243 of 253

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Crook at risk of flooding?

17 of the 256 postcodes in Crook have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 60 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 256 postcodes High: 28Medium: 32Low: 73

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Crook?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Crook. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Crook?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crook is Bishop Auckland West Station, 7.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Bishop Auckland West Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 7.7 kmDrive
  • Wolsingham Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Crook?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Crook. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Crook safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,300 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Crook over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 108 September 2025
  2. 140 October 2025
  3. 109 November 2025
  4. 84 December 2025
  5. 67 January 2026
  6. 88 February 2026
  7. 114 March 2026
  8. 116 April 2026
  9. 122 May 2026
  10. 119 June 2026
  11. 97 July 2026
  12. 136 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences446 reports
Anti-social behaviour280 reports
Criminal damage and arson208 reports
Public order94 reports
Shoplifting61 reports
Other theft53 reports
Burglary52 reports
Other crime42 reports

Also: vehicle crime 22, drugs 17, possession of weapons 11, bicycle theft 6, robbery 6, theft from the person 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Crook?

Council
County Durham
Parliamentary constituency
Bishop Auckland
Police force area
Durham
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour)

All 256 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Crook

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Crook postcodes

256 postcodes in use in Crook, by district:

DL15 postcode district,256 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Crook

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Crook's £128,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Willington3.7 km, £134,000Tow Law5.7 km, £97,000Toft Hill and High Etherley7.0 km, £127,475Esh Winning7.1 km, £139,950Bishop Auckland8.0 km, £144,000Wolsingham8.8 km, £269,500Brandon9.1 km, £136,000West Auckland9.3 km, £136,322 All places A to Z

Questions about Crook

What is it like to live in Crook?
Homes sold for a typical £128,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 22.6% on the 12 months before. At 200 of the 253 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 60 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 256 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 7.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Crook?
Crook is covered by postcode district DL15, across 256 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Crook in?
Crook is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Crook?
Crook is in the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Crook?
Homes in Crook sold for a typical £128,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 86 sales, up 22.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Crook?
In Crook, primary schools at its postcodes include Crook Primary School, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook and Hartside Primary Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Parkside Academy, 3.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Crook have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Crook is Bishop Auckland West Station, 7.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Crook?
Ofcom reports on 253 of the 256 postcodes in Crook. At 200 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Crook at risk of flooding?
17 of the 256 postcodes in Crook have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 60 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Crook?
3 of the 256 postcodes now in use in Crook came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 133 homes sold in Crook were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL15 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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