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DL3 0QB

Brinkburn & Faverdale · Darlington · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Brinkburn & Faverdale
Local authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington
Postcode district
DL3
Postcode sector
DL3 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL3 0QA 25 m
DL3 0PQ 101 m
DL3 0QN 107 m
DL3 0LJ 150 m
DL3 0QE 161 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL3 0QB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL3
Postcode sector
DL3 0
Latitude
54.541842
Longitude
-1.573481
British National Grid easting
427,693
British National Grid northing
516,369

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Darlington · E06000005
Electoral ward
Brinkburn & Faverdale · E05010413
Parish or community
E43000249
Westminster constituency
Darlington · E14001190
Output area
E00174209
Lower layer super output area
Darlington 001F · E01033482
Middle layer super output area
Darlington 001 · E02002559

Postcode source versions

Explore DL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
39
Primary
24
Secondary
6

  1. Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter

    830 m

  2. West Park Academy

    Academy converter

    986 m

  3. St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,194
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,100
  • Anti social behaviour 531
  • Shoplifting 364
  • Criminal damage and arson 363
  • Public order 208

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL3 0 residents
14,168

Age bands in DL3 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

2,489 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.9%

1,589 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.7%

3,590 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.4%

4,279 residents

Age 65 and over
17.9%

2,612 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

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

9

within 5 km

  • MOORLANDS SURGERY

    139A WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JP

    ODS code A83010

    889 m

  • ORCHARD COURT SURGERY

    ORCHARD COURT, ORCHARD ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 6HZ

    ODS code A83006

    1.1 km

  • DENMARK STREET SURGERY

    DENMARK STREET, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PD

    ODS code A83047

    1.4 km

  • CARMEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUNNERY LANE, DARLINGTON, DL3 8SQ

    ODS code A83031

    1.6 km

  • BLACKETTS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    63-65 BONDGATE, DARLINGTON, DL3 7JR

    ODS code A83034

    1.9 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    PARK PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL1 5LW

    ODS code A83641

    2.6 km

  • CLIFTON COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 5JN

    ODS code A83040

    2.8 km

  • WHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WHINBUSH WAY, DARLINGTON, DL1 3RT

    ODS code A83005

    3.2 km

  • NEASHAM ROAD SURGERY

    186 NEASHAM ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 4YL

    ODS code A83013

    3.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Arriva Depot

    BCT · Faverdale

    0.1 miles

  • Auckland Avenue

    BCT · Brinkburn

    0.1 miles

  • Arriva Depot

    BCT · Faverdale

    0.1 miles

  • Auckland Avenue

    BCT · Brinkburn

    0.1 miles

  • Beck House

    BCT · Faverdale

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Darlington 001F, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,312 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

39 open schools are in scope, including 24 primary and 6 secondary schools. Holy Family Catholic 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

3,194 published events cover 12 months, averaging 266.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,100 events.

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