DL7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Romanby and Northallerton, in North Yorkshire.
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 DL7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL7, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL7 at a rate of 60.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (410), other crime (165) and anti-social behaviour (145).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL7 was 63.4 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 DL7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL7 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton 003B | 1,704 | 19.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| Hambleton 005A | 2,053 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 58.7% |
| Hambleton 005B | 1,865 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 78.0% |
| Hambleton 005D | 1,212 | 19.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Hambleton 005E | 1,160 | 21.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Hambleton 007C | 1,804 | 20.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 45.7% |
| Hambleton 007F | 2,699 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.5% |
| Hambleton 012B | 1,144 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.5% |
| Hambleton 012E | 1,426 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.6% |
| Hambleton 013C | 1,454 | 63.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.8% |
| Hambleton 013D | 1,508 | 59.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.3% |
MPs for DL7
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton82% of DL7’s postcodes
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton18% of DL7’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 DL72
Postcode sectors in DL74
Council1
Towns in DL71
Postcode districts next to DL75
Nearest rail stations1
More in the DL postcode area2
DL7 in brief
DL7 is a postcode district covering Romanby and Northallerton, in North Yorkshire.
About 16,395 people lived in DL7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £249,750 in 2025 across 232 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 60.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL7 was £249,750 in 2025.
DL7 had 16,085 usual residents at the census.
In DL7, 81.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL7, 1.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.