Property market
The five-year median is £135,750 from 4,256 recorded sales in DL3. 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.
DL3
UK postcode district
Part of Darlington
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,544
- Current units
- 1,152
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 13
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 392
Postcode sectors in DL3
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
29,947 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 155, Minors Crescent, Darlington, DL3 0DJ | 27 July 2026 | £166,000 |
| 34, Willow Road, Darlington, DL3 6QA | 24 July 2026 | £189,000 |
| 42, Danesmoor Crescent, Darlington, DL3 8NJ | 23 July 2026 | £285,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 4
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 3,291
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,116
- Anti social behaviour 599
- Criminal damage and arson 372
- Shoplifting 256
- Public order 234
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- DL3 usual residents
- 43,258
- Age-profile population
- 43,187
Age bands in DL3
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16%
- 6,924 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- 4,466 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.7%
- 10,244 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.4%
- 12,265 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 21.5%
- 9,288 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 1,133 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, 1,070 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 988 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 2 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
5
in this district
BLACKETTS MEDICAL PRACTICE
63-65 BONDGATE, DARLINGTON, DL3 7JR
ODS code A83034
CARMEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
NUNNERY LANE, DARLINGTON, DL3 8SQ
ODS code A83031
DENMARK STREET SURGERY
DENMARK STREET, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PD
ODS code A83047
MOORLANDS SURGERY
139A WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JP
ODS code A83010
ORCHARD COURT SURGERY
ORCHARD COURT, ORCHARD ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 6HZ
ODS code A83006
Evidence in context
Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 4 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,291 published events cover 12 months, averaging 274 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,116 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.