DL15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Crook and Willington, 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 DL15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL15, 87.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL15 at a rate of 121.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 305 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (988), anti-social behaviour (620) and other crime (429).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL15 was 106.6 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 DL15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL15 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 045A | 1,731 | 68.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.6% |
| County Durham 045B | 1,787 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.6% |
| County Durham 045C | 2,006 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 81.6% |
| County Durham 045F | 1,575 | 180.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.7% |
| County Durham 046A | 1,516 | 266.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 81.8% |
| County Durham 046B | 2,178 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 71.3% |
| County Durham 046C | 1,914 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 76.8% |
| County Durham 046D | 1,334 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.1% |
| County Durham 046E | 1,090 | 101.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.9% |
| County Durham 046F | 1,749 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% |
| County Durham 051C | 1,682 | 129.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| County Durham 051D | 1,396 | 241.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| County Durham 051E | 1,429 | 144.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 70.7% |
| County Durham 057B | 1,890 | 86.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.4% |
MPs for DL15
- Dr Sam RushworthLabourMP for Bishop Auckland63% of DL15’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham37% of DL15’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 DL153
Postcode sectors in DL153
Council1
Towns in DL151
Postcode districts next to DL154
More in the DL postcode area2
DL15 in brief
DL15 is a postcode district covering Crook and Willington, in County Durham.
About 23,274 people lived in DL15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £130,325 in 2025 across 342 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 121.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL15 was £130,325 in 2025.
DL15 had 22,931 usual residents at the census.
In DL15, 87.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL15, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.