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DL12 9QN

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 9QF 84 m
DL12 9QB 94 m
DL12 9QD 128 m
DL12 9PH 135 m
DL12 9QG 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 9QN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 June 1996
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 9
Latitude
54.570728
Longitude
-1.982962
British National Grid easting
401,200
British National Grid northing
519,500

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
E04010613
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105856
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067B · E01020857
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
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Cotherstone Primary School

    Community school

    93 m

  2. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
22
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Burglary 4
  • Public order 2
  • Other crime 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

  • Marwood View

    BCT · Cotherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Marwood View

    BCT · Cotherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Cotherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Red Lion

    BCT · Cotherstone

    0.1 miles

  • Fox and Hounds

    BCT · Cotherstone

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067B, 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

15,657 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
8 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

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Cotherstone Primary School is the nearest published school at 93 m.

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

Recorded crime

22 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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