Crook
Crook is covered by postcode district DL15. It is in the County Durham council area, England.
Every postcode in Crook, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 3
- In use before 2020: 253
Of the 256 postcodes in Crook that ONS places, 3 are new since 2020 and 253 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 3 newest postcodes
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.
- 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
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
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
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
| Period | In Crook | Across 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.
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 checkerSource: 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.
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
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.
- North House Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01388 762945 450 mWalk
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
- 108 September 2025
- 140 October 2025
- 109 November 2025
- 84 December 2025
- 67 January 2026
- 88 February 2026
- 114 March 2026
- 116 April 2026
- 122 May 2026
- 119 June 2026
- 97 July 2026
- 136 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- Tell County Durham about council tax Council tax, on durham.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Crook
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Crook postcodes
256 postcodes in use in Crook, by district:
That district is in the DL postcode area.
Check a Crook postcode
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.
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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