DL12 9YX

Barnard Castle · 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 8BE 8 m
DL12 8BW 9 m
DL12 8BA 18 m
DL12 8BG 31 m
DL12 8AA 41 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL12 9YX
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1995
Terminated
1 June 1997
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL12
Postcode sector
DL12 9
Latitude
54.544959
Longitude
-1.925222
British National Grid easting
404,936
British National Grid northing
516,635

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010591
Westminster constituency
Bishop Auckland · E14001101
Output area
E00105842
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. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle

    Academy converter

    440 m
  2. Montalbo Nursery & Primary School

    Community school

    472 m
  3. Barnard Castle School

    Other independent school

    960 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
634
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 260
  • 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
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

    592 m

Nearby transport

  • Flatts Road

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.0 miles
  • Galgate - Stand A

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.0 miles
  • Galgate - Commercial Hotel

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.0 miles
  • Galgate - Stand B

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.0 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Barnard Castle

    0.1 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. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle is the nearest published school at 440 m.

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

Recorded crime

634 published events cover 12 months, averaging 52.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 260 events.

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