DL9 3AZ

Scotton & Lower Wensleydale · North Yorkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Yorkshire
Postcode district
DL9
Postcode sector
DL9 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL9 3NG 106 m
DL9 3NB 122 m
DL9 3ND 158 m
DL9 3NA 168 m
DL9 3LZ 186 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL9 3AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2014
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL9
Postcode sector
DL9 3
Latitude
54.355684
Longitude
-1.702426
British National Grid easting
419,438
British National Grid northing
495,612

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber · E12000003
Local authority district
North Yorkshire · E06000065
Parish or community
E04007532
Output area
E00141353
Lower layer super output area
Richmondshire 006B · E01027756
Middle layer super output area
Richmondshire 006 · E02005787

Postcode source versions

Explore DL9

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
8
Secondary
1
  1. Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. Cambrai Primary School

    Free schools

    2.1 km
  3. Risedale School

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
65
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 39
  • Public order 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Drugs 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
30

17 female, 13 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.5
DL9 3 residents
6,077

Age bands in DL9 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
22.8%

1,329 residents

Age 15 to 24
19.5%

1,136 residents

Age 25 to 44
38.6%

2,253 residents

Age 45 to 64
13.7%

800 residents

Age 65 and over
5.5%

321 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL9 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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

  • HAREWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    42 RICHMOND ROAD, CATTERICK GARRISON, DL9 3JD

    ODS code B82104

    2.6 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Mallard Road

    BCT · Scotton

    0.1 miles
  • Mallard Road

    BCT · Scotton

    0.1 miles
  • Scotton Gardens

    BCT · Scotton

    0.4 miles
  • Scotton Gardens

    BCT · Scotton

    0.4 miles
  • Goodwood Road

    BCT · Scotton

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Richmondshire 006B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

16,881 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

9 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. Catterick Garrison, Le Cateau Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

65 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 39 events.

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