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DL12 8QL

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 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 8QJ 77 m
DL12 8BD 136 m
DL12 8XW 136 m
DL12 8DU 143 m
DL12 8EF 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 8QL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 8
Latitude
54.553268
Longitude
-1.919100
British National Grid easting
405,331
British National Grid northing
517,560

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
E00105840
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067C · E01020855
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. Teesdale School and Sixth Form

    Academy sponsor led

    514 m

  2. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    547 m

  3. Green Lane Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    993 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
599
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 238
  • Other crime 76
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 54
  • Shoplifting 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL12 8 residents
6,785

Age bands in DL12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.4%

914 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

671 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,261 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.1%

1,979 residents

Age 65 and over
29.1%

1,985 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

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    862 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Glaxo - for Sports Centre

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • Glaxo - for Sports Centre

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 miles

  • Golf Course

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles

  • Golf Course

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles

  • Woodside

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067C, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,630 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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. Teesdale School and Sixth Form is the nearest published school at 514 m.

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

Recorded crime

599 published events cover 12 months, averaging 49.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 238 events.

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