# Shildon Town in County Durham, North East. Shildon is a town in County Durham, North East. Median sale price £75,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 171.7 per 1,000 people. About 9,954 people. Town. Code E63000278. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) Shildon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Shildon add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £75,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Shildon was £75,000 in 2025. Cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,650** (2021). Shildon had 9,650 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 213th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 95%** (2022). About 95% of people in Shildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.5%** (January 2026). In Shildon, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000278) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 95% of people in Shildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000278) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 115 homes were sold in Shildon in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000278) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Shildon. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000278) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Shildon had 9,650 usual residents at the census. ## How Shildon compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Shildon | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £75,000 | cheapest | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 9,650 | 13th least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 95% | 7th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.5% | 26th lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Shildon safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shildon at a rate of 171.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 121 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shildon. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (572), anti-social behaviour (334) and other crime (259). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Shildon was 170.9 per 1,000 people. Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates. Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest. ## Deprivation in Shildon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Shildon has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Shildon | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [County Durham 059A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020801) | 1,441 | 130.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% | | [County Durham 059B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020802) | 1,816 | 231.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.2% | | [County Durham 059C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020838) | 1,720 | 210.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% | | [County Durham 059D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020839) | 1,514 | 192.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.3% | | [County Durham 059E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020840) | 2,162 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 82.2% | | [County Durham 059F](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020841) | 1,769 | 188.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% | ## Your MP - [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bishop-auckland): Dr Sam Rushworth (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) ## Postcode districts covering Shildon [DL4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl4) ## Middle areas in Shildon [Shildon](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/shildon) ## Towns near Shildon [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Newton Aycliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-aycliffe), [Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor), [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington), [Crook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crook) ## Shildon in brief Shildon is a town in County Durham, North East. About 9,954 people lived in Shildon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £75,000 in 2025 across 115 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 171.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Shildon was £75,000 in 2025. Shildon had 9,650 usual residents at the census. About 95% of people in Shildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Shildon, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000278 - Constituency: [Bishop Auckland †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bishop-auckland) - Council: [County Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.18 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,954* - Neighbourhoods: 6 - Output areas: 38 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Newton Aycliffe](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newton-aycliffe), [Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor), [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington), [Crook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crook) ## Latest updates for Shildon - August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026. - September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026. - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000278 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/shildon#f-house-sales-median-price. 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