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DL3 9WU

Cockerton · Darlington · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Cockerton
Local authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington
Postcode district
DL3
Postcode sector
DL3 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL3 9UZ 9 m
DL3 9UH 38 m
DL3 9UY 79 m
DL3 9XA 88 m
DL3 9SL 93 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL3 9WU
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 July 2002
Terminated
1 August 2003
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL3
Postcode sector
DL3 9
Latitude
54.540559
Longitude
-1.597792
British National Grid easting
426,121
British National Grid northing
516,217

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Darlington · E06000005
Electoral ward
Cockerton · E05010414
Parish or community
E43000249
Westminster constituency
Darlington · E14001190
Output area
E00062099
Lower layer super output area
Darlington 006F · E01012314
Middle layer super output area
Darlington 006 · E02002564

Postcode source versions

Explore DL3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
35
Primary
20
Secondary
6

  1. Mount Pleasant Primary School

    Academy converter

    247 m

  2. Wyvern Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    325 m

  3. West Park Academy

    Academy converter

    993 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,341
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 462
  • Anti social behaviour 283
  • Criminal damage and arson 166
  • Shoplifting 157
  • Public order 75

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DL3 9 residents
9,850

Age bands in DL3 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.1%

1,474 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

844 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.7%

1,891 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

2,536 residents

Age 65 and over
26.1%

2,384 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

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • MOORLANDS SURGERY

    139A WILLOW ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JP

    ODS code A83010

    1.5 km

  • CARMEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    NUNNERY LANE, DARLINGTON, DL3 8SQ

    ODS code A83031

    1.8 km

  • ORCHARD COURT SURGERY

    ORCHARD COURT, ORCHARD ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 6HZ

    ODS code A83006

    2.2 km

  • BLACKETTS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    63-65 BONDGATE, DARLINGTON, DL3 7JR

    ODS code A83034

    2.9 km

  • DENMARK STREET SURGERY

    DENMARK STREET, DARLINGTON, DL3 0PD

    ODS code A83047

    3.0 km

  • PARKGATE SURGERY

    PARK PLACE, DARLINGTON, DL1 5LW

    ODS code A83641

    3.7 km

  • CLIFTON COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 5JN

    ODS code A83040

    3.8 km

  • NEASHAM ROAD SURGERY

    186 NEASHAM ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL1 4YL

    ODS code A83013

    4.4 km

  • WHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WHINBUSH WAY, DARLINGTON, DL1 3RT

    ODS code A83005

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Shops

    BCT · Branksome

    0.0 miles

  • Wimborne Close

    BCT · Branksome

    0.1 miles

  • Ellerton Close

    BCT · Branksome

    0.1 miles

  • Windsor Court

    BCT · Cockerton

    0.1 miles

  • Browdie Road

    BCT · West Park

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Darlington 006F, 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

1 of 10

Overall England rank

1,779 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

35 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 6 secondary schools. Mount Pleasant Primary School is the nearest published school at 247 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,341 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 462 events.

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