DL12 0RB

Upper Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 0QW 65 m
DL12 0QL 190 m
DL12 0QP 210 m
DL12 0QJ 222 m
DL12 0RL 224 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 0RB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 May 2002
Terminated
1 November 2007
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 0
Latitude
54.627458
Longitude
-2.085784
British National Grid easting
394,560
British National Grid northing
525,816

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010664
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105898
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067A · E01034511
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 067 · E02007022

Postcode source versions

Explore DL12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    817 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
52
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 9
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Other theft 6
  • Burglary 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL12 0 residents
2,373

Age bands in DL12 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

324 residents

Age 15 to 24
7%

163 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

358 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.7%

766 residents

Age 65 and over
31.2%

730 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • OLD FORGE SURGERY

    HILL TERRACE, MIDDLETON-IN-TEESDALE, FOREST IN TEESDALE, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 0QE

    ODS code A83043

    626 m

Nearby transport

  • Townhead

    BCT · Middleton in Teesdale

    0.1 miles
  • Townhead

    BCT · Middleton in Teesdale

    0.1 miles
  • Town Head

    BCT · Middleton in Teesdale

    0.1 miles
  • Town Head

    BCT · Middleton in Teesdale

    0.1 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Middleton in Teesdale

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067A, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,034 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy is the nearest published school at 817 m.

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

Recorded crime

52 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 16 events.

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