DL16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Spennymoor, Middlestone Moor and Tudhoe Grange, 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 DL16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL16, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL16 at a rate of 136.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 294 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,206), anti-social behaviour (514) and other crime (501).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL16 was 122.9 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 DL16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL16 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- 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 DL16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 047A | 1,200 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| County Durham 047B | 1,406 | 90.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 047C | 1,012 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.8% |
| County Durham 047D | 1,538 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| County Durham 047E | 1,534 | 77.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.6% |
| County Durham 049C | 1,933 | 306.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.1% |
| County Durham 049E | 1,909 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| County Durham 049F | 1,398 | 251.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| County Durham 052A | 2,146 | 75.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.3% |
| County Durham 052B | 2,109 | 54.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 83.9% |
| County Durham 052C | 1,774 | 143.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| County Durham 052D | 1,469 | 211.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| County Durham 052F | 1,618 | 209.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.2% |
| County Durham 052G | 1,389 | 94.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
MPs for DL16
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor99% of DL16’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham0.8% of DL16’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham0.2% of DL16’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 DL163
Postcode sectors in DL163
Council1
Towns in DL161
Postcode districts next to DL165
More in the DL postcode area2
DL16 in brief
DL16 is a postcode district covering Spennymoor, Middlestone Moor and Tudhoe Grange, in County Durham.
About 23,715 people lived in DL16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £145,000 in 2025 across 336 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 136.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL16 was £145,000 in 2025.
DL16 had 22,419 usual residents at the census.
In DL16, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL16, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.