Property market
The five-year median is £245,000 from 2,764 recorded sales in DL2. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Darlington is £158,188 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.
DL2
UK postcode district
Part of Darlington
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 996
- Current units
- 848
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
- Local authority codes
- 4
- Terminated postcode units
- 148
Postcode sectors in DL2
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
11,424 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Comets Garth, Darlington, DL2 2FL | 24 July 2026 | £340,000 |
| 33, Friars Pardon, Hurworth, Darlington, DL2 2EA | 23 July 2026 | £485,000 |
| Cleveland View, Stockton Road, Sadberge, Darlington, DL2 1SY | 20 July 2026 | £230,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 14
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 2
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 1,476
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 573
- Anti social behaviour 268
- Criminal damage and arson 184
- Other theft 101
- Burglary 86
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DL2 usual residents
- 18,752
- Age-profile population
- 18,876
Age bands in DL2
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.3%
- 3,070 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.9%
- 1,682 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.1%
- 3,977 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.7%
- 5,608 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 24%
- 4,539 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 829 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 604 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 456 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 25 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
3
in this district
GAINFORD SURGERY
MAIN ROAD, GAINFORD, DARLINGTON, DL2 3BE
ODS code A83061
MIDDLETON AND DINSDALE MEDICAL PRACTICE
YARM RD, MIDDLETON ST. GEORGE, DARLINGTON, DL2 1BY
ODS code A83070
ROCKLIFFE COURT SURGERY
ROCKLIFFE COURT, HURWORTH PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL2 2DS
ODS code A83048
Evidence in context
Schools
14 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,476 published events cover 12 months, averaging 123 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 573 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.