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DL12 9JA

Upper Teesdale · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Upper Teesdale
Local authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 9HZ 289 m
DL12 9LL 554 m
DL12 9LH 564 m
DL12 9LJ 578 m
DL12 9LQ 625 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 9JA
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 December 1991
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 9
Latitude
54.520401
Longitude
-2.023147
British National Grid easting
398,600
British National Grid northing
513,900

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Electoral ward
Upper Teesdale · E05016199
Parish or community
E04010600
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105884
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067G · E01020863
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
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0

  1. Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School

    Voluntary aided school

    700 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 5
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL12 9 residents
3,204

Age bands in DL12 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.8%

386 residents

Age 15 to 24
15.2%

497 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.4%

504 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.5%

1,027 residents

Age 65 and over
26%

850 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.

Nearby transport

  • By-pass - West End

    BCT · Bowes

    0.2 miles

  • West End - Turning Circle

    BCT · Bowes

    0.3 miles

  • By-pass - West End

    BCT · Bowes

    0.3 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Bowes

    0.5 miles

  • Church

    BCT · Bowes

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067G, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,566 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
9 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. Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School is the nearest published school at 700 m.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 5 events.

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