Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
13,719
Households
6,320
Crimes · Aug '26 · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)
Around average · 7.2 per 1k
6,320
Households
White Brit. · 96%
Ethnicity
Christian · 62%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
Around average · 7.2 per 1k
Crimes · Aug '26
£227,500
Median property price · Sep 2025⁠–⁠Aug 2026 · 148 sales
726
Postcodes

Sold prices in DL12

England & Wales
Property sales · DL12
HM Land Registry · DL12
Average price
£256,838
Median price: £227,500
Median -14.6% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · 148 sales
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Sep '25 – Aug '26Aug '26: 5 sales · avg £238,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£294k£250k£206k
Sep '25Dec '25Mar '26Jun '26Aug '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in DL12

England & Wales
Crime trends · DL12

Approx. — based on 7 LSOAs mostly in DL12 (police.uk, Census 2021)

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last year · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)Sep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
31
YoY —
31160
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
15
YoY —
1580
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
3
YoY —
320
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
4
YoY —
420
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
7
YoY —
740
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
28
YoY —
28140
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

0 of 6 key categories improving

88
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in DL12

Ethnicity

Total residents: 13,728
White Brit.96.2%
Other White1.3%
+ other · 2.5%

Religion

Total residents: 13,735
Christian62.3%
No religion31.1%
Not answered5.3%
+ other · 1.3%

Age groups

Total residents: 13,719
50–6425.2%
65–7415.5%
35–4914.8%
75–849.4%
25–347.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.1%

Households

Total households: 6,320
One person: aged 66+17.9%
One person: other16.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children16.0%
Single family household, all members 66+14.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children11.2%
+ 9 other households · 24.5%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for DL12

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 5.15 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.15 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

School applications

This postcode district spans several councils: County Durham, North Yorkshire and Westmorland and Furness.

School applications go through the council for each address.

Apply for a primary place

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Overview of DL12

Coordinates54.5720, -1.9849
Postcodes
726
Census 2021 (sum of output areas)
13,719
Households (Census)
6,320
Recorded crime · Aug '26 · per 1,000 residents (Census 2021)
Around average · 7.2 per 1k

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