DL1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Darlington and Firth Moor, in Darlington.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DL1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL1, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL1 at a rate of 173.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 821 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,673), anti-social behaviour (2,075) and other crime (1,289).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL1 was 161.0 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DL1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL1 has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington 001D | 1,982 | 218.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.1% |
| Darlington 002D | 1,330 | 78.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 002E | 1,731 | 76.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 003A | 1,508 | 106.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.2% |
| Darlington 003B | 1,699 | 76.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.5% |
| Darlington 003C | 1,072 | 38.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 003D | 1,145 | 84.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Darlington 004C | 1,341 | 32.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 005A | 1,393 | 53.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Darlington 005B | 1,106 | 148.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.4% |
| Darlington 005C | 1,419 | 91.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 005D | 1,631 | 82.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Darlington 009A | 2,228 | 245.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.4% |
| Darlington 009B | 1,647 | 186.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Darlington 009C | 2,694 | 133.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.2% |
| Darlington 009E | 1,507 | 176.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 83.0% |
| Darlington 009F | 1,328 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Darlington 012A | 1,046 | 226.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| Darlington 012B | 1,077 | 193.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| Darlington 012C | 1,444 | 101.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 012D | 2,276 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Darlington 012E | 1,661 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Darlington 013A | 1,316 | 82.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Darlington 013B | 2,343 | 110.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| Darlington 013C | 2,695 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Darlington 014A | 1,600 | 186.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.9% |
| Darlington 014B | 1,308 | 138.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Darlington 014C | 1,586 | 137.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Darlington 014D | 1,791 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Darlington 016H | 2,098 | 1,043.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 63.3% |
MPs for DL1
- Lola McEvoyLabourMP for Darlington98% of DL1’s postcodes
- Matt VickersConservativeMP for Stockton West1.9% of DL1’s postcodes
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor0.4% of DL1’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DL17
Postcode sectors in DL16
Council1
Towns in DL11
Postcode districts next to DL14
Nearest rail stations3
More in the DL postcode area2
DL1 in brief
DL1 is a postcode district covering Darlington and Firth Moor, in Darlington.
About 50,058 people lived in DL1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £151,000 in 2025 across 651 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 173.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL1 was £151,000 in 2025.
DL1 had 48,342 usual residents at the census.
In DL1, 92.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL1, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.