Staindrop

Staindrop is covered by postcode district DL2. It is in the County Durham council area, England.

Typical price £210,000 Homes sold in Staindrop, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 23 of 52 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 23 of 52 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Staindrop, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Staindrop, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 29 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Staindrop. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A688 DL2 3AE: not on the flood risk listDL2 3AT: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JN: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JR: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JT: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JU: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JW: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JX: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JY: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LD: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LE: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LG: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LQ: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LT: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LU: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LW: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LX: not on the flood risk listDL2 3LY: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NB: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NE: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NF: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NJ: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NL: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NQ: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NW: not on the flood risk listDL2 3NY: not on the flood risk listDL2 3PG: not on the flood risk listDL2 3XB: not on the flood risk listDL2 3XD: not on the flood risk listDL2 3JL: low flood risk at worstDL2 3LF: low flood risk at worstDL2 3LZ: low flood risk at worstDL2 3NA: low flood risk at worstDL2 3ND: low flood risk at worstDL2 3NG: low flood risk at worstDL2 3NH: low flood risk at worstDL2 3NN: low flood risk at worstDL2 3NP: low flood risk at worstDL2 3PD: low flood risk at worstDL2 3PE: low flood risk at worstDL2 3PQ: low flood risk at worstDL2 3XF: low flood risk at worstDL2 3JP: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3JZ: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3LA: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3LB: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3PF: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3XA: medium flood risk at worstDL2 3JS: high flood riskDL2 3LR: high flood riskDL2 3NR: high flood riskDL2 3PH: high flood risk Staindrop 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DL2 3JS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Staindrop, by flood risk Of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 29 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Staindrop. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A688 Staindrop
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 13
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 29
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 29 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.5796, longitude -1.8036. 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.

DL2 3NR14 at high riskDL2 3JS6 at high riskDL2 3PH2 at high riskDL2 3LR1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DL2 3JS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Staindrop?

Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 23 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 52 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Woodview Medical Practice, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 11.6 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 Staindrop?

Homes in Staindrop sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£210,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£210,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £198,750 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole DL2 district, Staindrop's main postcode district: a typical £246,475.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Staindrop: 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 Staindrop?

None of the 52 postcodes now in use in Staindrop came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 18 homes sold in Staindrop were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL2 district, 42%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn StaindropAcross the DL2 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 13 (0%) 43 of 322 (13%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 18 (0%) 237 of 562 (42%)

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 Staindrop?

Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop. At 23 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit23 of 52
Postcodes where every home can get superfast51 of 52

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.

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

Is Staindrop at risk of flooding?

23 of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop 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 76 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 23 of 52 postcodes High: 23Medium: 53Low: 112

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 Staindrop?

The open schools at the postcodes in Staindrop. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. 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 Staindrop?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Staindrop is Bishop Auckland West Station, 11.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Bishop Auckland West Station Railway station 11.6 kmDrive
  • Bishop Auckland Rail Station Railway station 11.8 kmDrive
  • Shildon Rail Station Railway station 11.9 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 Staindrop?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Staindrop. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Staindrop safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 91 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Staindrop 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. 16 September 2025
  2. 19 October 2025
  3. 7 November 2025
  4. 4 December 2025
  5. 3 January 2026
  6. 3 February 2026
  7. 10 March 2026
  8. 8 April 2026
  9. 2 May 2026
  10. 7 June 2026
  11. 5 July 2026
  12. 7 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences33 reports
Anti-social behaviour13 reports
Criminal damage and arson10 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports
Burglary6 reports
Public order5 reports
Other theft5 reports
Other crime5 reports

Also: drugs 3, shoplifting 2, possession of weapons 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 Staindrop?

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

All 52 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 Staindrop

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

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Staindrop postcodes

52 postcodes in use in Staindrop, by district:

DL2 postcode district,52 postcodes

That district is in the DL postcode area.

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Places near Staindrop

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Staindrop's £210,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cockfield3.7 km, £100,000Evenwood5.3 km, £89,000West Auckland7.7 km, £136,322Barnard Castle8.3 km, £210,500Toft Hill and High Etherley8.6 km, £127,475Bishop Auckland11.2 km, £144,000Shildon11.7 km, £80,000Coundon and Leeholme14.6 km, £82,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Staindrop

What is it like to live in Staindrop?
Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 23 of the 52 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 76 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 52 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Woodview Medical Practice, 3.7 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland West Station, 11.6 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 Staindrop?
Staindrop is covered by postcode district DL2, across 52 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Staindrop in?
Staindrop is in the County Durham council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Staindrop?
Staindrop 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 Staindrop?
Homes in Staindrop sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 13 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Staindrop?
In Staindrop, primary schools at its postcodes include Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Staindrop Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Staindrop have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Staindrop is Bishop Auckland West Station, 11.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Staindrop?
Ofcom reports on 52 of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop. At 23 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Staindrop at risk of flooding?
23 of the 52 postcodes in Staindrop 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 76 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 Staindrop?
None of the 52 postcodes now in use in Staindrop came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 18 homes sold in Staindrop were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL2 district, 42%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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