DL8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bedale and Leyburn, 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 DL8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In DL8, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How DL8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL8 at a rate of 32.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.
In August 2026 alone, 53 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (283), anti-social behaviour (112) and other crime (105).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL8 was 35.6 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 DL8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL8 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambleton 006A | 1,328 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Hambleton 006B | 1,712 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Hambleton 006C | 2,007 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Hambleton 006D | 1,714 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.0% |
| Hambleton 007B | 1,826 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.9% |
| Richmondshire 005A | 1,319 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.8% |
| Richmondshire 005B | 1,220 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.9% |
| Richmondshire 005C | 1,054 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 24.7% |
| Richmondshire 006A | 1,259 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 17.8% |
| Richmondshire 006D | 1,498 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| Richmondshire 006E | 1,198 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 11.1% |
| Richmondshire 006F | 1,367 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.4% |
| Richmondshire 006G | 1,419 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 66.3% |
MPs for DL8
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton63% of DL8’s postcodes
- Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMP for Thirsk and Malton37% of DL8’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.
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DL8 in brief
DL8 is a postcode district covering Bedale and Leyburn, in North Yorkshire.
About 19,545 people lived in DL8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £289,998 in 2025 across 338 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 32.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL8 was £289,998 in 2025.
DL8 had 19,140 usual residents at the census.
In DL8, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In DL8, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.