DL12 9TD

Lower 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL12 9TB 1 m
DL12 9BL 9 m
DL12 9AZ 114 m
DL12 9AY 151 m
DL12 9BX 166 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 9TD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 2010
Terminated
1 January 2011
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 9
Latitude
54.544918
Longitude
-1.932487
British National Grid easting
404,466
British National Grid northing
516,630

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010700
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00183312
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 067F · E01020854
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
6
Primary
4
Secondary
1
  1. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

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

    Academy converter

    857 m
  3. Barnard Castle School

    Other independent school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
612
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 252
  • Other crime 81
  • Anti social behaviour 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Shoplifting 50

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • BARNARD CASTLE SURGERY

    VICTORIA ROAD, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 8HT

    ODS code A83046

    1.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Deepdale Gardens

    BCT · Startforth

    0.1 miles
  • Deepdale Gardens

    BCT · Startforth

    0.1 miles
  • Royal Star

    BCT · Startforth

    0.2 miles
  • Royal Star

    BCT · Startforth

    0.2 miles
  • Flatts Road

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 067F, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,763 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
6 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 830 m.

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

Recorded crime

612 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 252 events.

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