DL17
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ferryhill and Chilton, 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 DL17 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL17, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL17 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL17 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL17 at a rate of 158.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 271 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL17.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,036), other crime (445) and shoplifting (351).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL17 was 147.1 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 DL17, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL17 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL17
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 049A | 1,421 | 229.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.9% |
| County Durham 049B | 1,225 | 242.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| County Durham 050A | 2,425 | 100.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| County Durham 050B | 1,489 | 124.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.6% |
| County Durham 050C | 1,471 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| County Durham 050D | 1,328 | 297.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.4% |
| County Durham 053D | 1,910 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| County Durham 053F | 1,474 | 74.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| County Durham 053G | 1,153 | 314.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.9% |
| County Durham 053H | 1,238 | 325.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.7% |
| County Durham 053I | 1,548 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.2% |
| County Durham 054A | 1,259 | 39.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 46.2% |
Your MP
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
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 DL172
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Council1
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DL17 in brief
DL17 is a postcode district covering Ferryhill and Chilton, in County Durham.
About 18,036 people lived in DL17 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £105,500 in 2025 across 294 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 158.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL17 was £105,500 in 2025.
DL17 had 17,673 usual residents at the census.
In DL17, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL17, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.