DL12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Barnard Castle, in County Durham.
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 DL12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL12, 69.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL12 at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 88 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), other crime (209) and anti-social behaviour (100).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL12 was 66.8 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 DL12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL12 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 067A | 2,191 | 44.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.4% |
| County Durham 067B | 1,460 | 55.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.0% |
| County Durham 067C | 1,146 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 34.8% |
| County Durham 067D | 1,785 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.1% |
| County Durham 067E | 1,657 | 106.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 31.1% |
| County Durham 067F | 2,586 | 117.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 60.8% |
| County Durham 067G | 1,320 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.2% |
MPs for DL12
- Dr Sam RushworthLabourMP for Bishop Auckland100% of DL12’s postcodes
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton0.3% of DL12’s postcodes
- Tim FarronLiberal DemocratMP for Westmorland and Lonsdale0.1% of DL12’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 DL121
Postcode sectors in DL124
Council1
Postcode districts next to DL126
More in the DL postcode area2
DL12 in brief
DL12 is a postcode district covering Barnard Castle, in County Durham.
About 12,690 people lived in DL12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £251,250 in 2025 across 204 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL12 was £251,250 in 2025.
DL12 had 12,418 usual residents at the census.
In DL12, 69.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL12, 1.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.