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DL12 2SS

Barnard Castle · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Barnard Castle
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 8EZ 4 m
DL12 8EJ 51 m
DL12 8EP 55 m
DL12 8EN 67 m
DL12 8BH 69 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 2SS
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 2005
Terminated
1 July 2012
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 2
Latitude
54.545577
Longitude
-1.922392
British National Grid easting
405,119
British National Grid northing
516,704

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Barnard Castle · E05016155
Parish or community
E04010591
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105833
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067E · E01020852
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 067 · E02007022

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1

  1. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    335 m

  2. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle

    Academy converter

    380 m

  3. Green Lane Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    805 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
632
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 259
  • Other crime 83
  • Anti social behaviour 58
  • Criminal damage and arson 55
  • Shoplifting 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    403 m

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Galgate - Commercial Hotel

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • Galgate - Stand B

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • Galgate - Stand A

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • War Memorial

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • Flatts Road

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067E, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,847 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
5 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 1 secondary schools. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School is the nearest published school at 335 m.

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

Recorded crime

632 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 259 events.

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