Property market
The five-year median is £127,500 from 4,239 recorded sales in DL1. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Darlington is £158,188 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.
DL1
UK postcode district
Part of Darlington
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 2,047
- Current units
- 1,411
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 17
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 636
Postcode sectors in DL1
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
25,867 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 37, Caithness Way, Darlington, DL1 3QS | 24 July 2026 | £139,000 |
| 25, Jura Drive, Darlington, DL1 3PY | 17 July 2026 | £80,000 |
| 8, Spindle Grove, Darlington, DL1 1LY | 17 July 2026 | £210,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 18
- Primary
- 12
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 8,145
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,771
- Anti social behaviour 1,324
- Shoplifting 937
- Criminal damage and arson 894
- Public order 564
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DL1 usual residents
- 47,914
- Age-profile population
- 47,834
Age bands in DL1
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 8,617 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.9%
- 5,204 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.2%
- 12,546 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- 12,364 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 19%
- 9,103 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 1,204 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 1,129 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 971 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 3 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
CLIFTON COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 5JN
ODS code A83040
NEASHAM ROAD SURGERY
186 NEASHAM ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 4YL
ODS code A83013
PARKGATE SURGERY
PARK PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL1 5LW
ODS code A83641
WHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE
WHINBUSH WAY, DARLINGTON, DL1 3RT
ODS code A83005
Evidence in context
Schools
18 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
8,145 published events cover 12 months, averaging 679 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,771 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.