DICKENS STREET, DL16 6AZ House Prices & Local Information

DL16 6AZ is an up-and-coming urban area on Dickens Street, 0.1km from Spennymoor in Spennymoor. Administratively it sits within Spennymoor ward and the Bishop Auckland constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, DL16 6AZ is a neighbourhood with pockets of retirees, often in communal or managed housing. During the day, traditional retail areas with professional services and self-employed, often in market towns and higher status areas. An established, mature community with an average age of 56 — quiet, long-term residents, low turnover. 73% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 21% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (152 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £76k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 28.8% year-on-year.

Census 2021 statistics for DL16 6AZ are sourced from Output Area E00105753 (shared with 10 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.