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DL1 3EY

Haughton & Springfield · Darlington · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Darlington
Ward
Haughton & Springfield
Local authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington
Postcode district
DL1
Postcode sector
DL1 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL1 3ET 100 m
DL1 3DR 109 m
DL1 3DP 125 m
DL1 3BW 129 m
DL1 3EU 148 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL1 3EY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL1
Postcode sector
DL1 3
Latitude
54.546904
Longitude
-1.539759
British National Grid easting
429,871
British National Grid northing
516,946

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Darlington · E06000005
Electoral ward
Haughton & Springfield · E05010418
Parish or community
E43000249
Westminster constituency
Darlington · E14001190
Output area
E00062185
Lower layer super output area
Darlington 003C · E01012330
Middle layer super output area
Darlington 003 · E02002561

Postcode source versions

Explore DL1

Property

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46 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
45, Kingsway, Darlington, DL1 3EY 26 September 2025 £106,000
17, Kingsway, Darlington, DL1 3EY 15 July 2025 £140,000
57, Kingsway, Darlington, DL1 3EY 4 April 2025 £142,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
24
Secondary
6

  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    166 m

  2. Harrowgate Hill Primary School

    Community school

    598 m

  3. Longfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    945 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,687
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 911
  • Anti social behaviour 477
  • Criminal damage and arson 284
  • Shoplifting 269
  • Public order 177

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
100

50 female, 50 male

Postcode households
40
Residents per household
2.5
DL1 3 residents
8,807

Age bands in DL1 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,340 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

863 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.9%

1,945 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,453 residents

Age 65 and over
22.2%

1,883 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL1 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

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%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • WHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WHINBUSH WAY, DARLINGTON, DL1 3RT

    ODS code A83005

    957 m

  • DENMARK STREET SURGERY

    DENMARK STREET, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PD

    ODS code A83047

    1.2 km

  • ORCHARD COURT SURGERY

    ORCHARD COURT, ORCHARD ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 6HZ

    ODS code A83006

    2.4 km

  • BLACKETTS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    63-65 BONDGATE, DARLINGTON, DL3 7JR

    ODS code A83034

    2.5 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    PARK PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL1 5LW

    ODS code A83641

    2.7 km

  • MOORLANDS SURGERY

    139A WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JP

    ODS code A83010

    2.8 km

  • CLIFTON COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 5JN

    ODS code A83040

    2.9 km

  • NEASHAM ROAD SURGERY

    186 NEASHAM ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 4YL

    ODS code A83013

    3.3 km

  • CARMEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUNNERY LANE, DARLINGTON, DL3 8SQ

    ODS code A83031

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Monarch Green

    BCT · Harrowgate Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Monarch Green

    BCT · Harrowgate Hill

    0.1 miles

  • Kingsway

    BCT · Harrowgate Hill

    0.2 miles

  • Locomotive Street

    BCT · Springfield

    0.2 miles

  • Mistral Drive

    BCT · Harrowgate Hill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Darlington 003C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,857 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
1
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £135,000 from 9 recorded sales in DL1 3EY. 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.

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,687 published events cover 12 months, averaging 223.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 911 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.