# DL8

Postcode district covering Bedale and Leyburn, in North Yorkshire.

DL8 is a postcode district covering Bedale and Leyburn, in North Yorkshire. Median sale price £289,998 in 2025. Recorded crime 32.5 per 1,000 people.

Postcode district. Code DL8. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £289,998** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DL8 was £289,998 in 2025. 1,064th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 19,140** (2021). DL8 had 19,140 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,237th least populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 93%** (2022). About 93% of people in DL8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 64.6%** (January 2026). In DL8, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas#place=DL8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 93% of people in DL8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year#place=DL8) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 338 homes were sold in DL8 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime#place=DL8) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DL8.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population#place=DL8) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DL8 had 19,140 usual residents at the census.

## How DL8 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DL8 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £289,998 | 2nd most expensive | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2025 |
| Population | 19,140 | 7th most populated | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 93% | 6th most people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 64.6% | 3rd lowest | 17 postcode districts, DL · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the DL postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in DL8

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Hambleton 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027587) | 1,328 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Hambleton 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027588) | 1,712 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| [Hambleton 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027589) | 2,007 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Hambleton 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027593) | 1,714 | 22.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.0% |
| [Hambleton 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027628) | 1,826 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 42.9% |
| [Richmondshire 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027742) | 1,319 | 28.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 76.8% |
| [Richmondshire 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027753) | 1,220 | 26.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 44.9% |
| [Richmondshire 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027763) | 1,054 | 22.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 24.7% |
| [Richmondshire 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027744) | 1,259 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 17.8% |
| [Richmondshire 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027758) | 1,498 | 20.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| [Richmondshire 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027760) | 1,198 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 11.1% |
| [Richmondshire 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01033185) | 1,367 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 71.4% |
| [Richmondshire 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01033186) | 1,419 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 66.3% |

## Your MP

- [Richmond and Northallerton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/richmond-and-northallerton): Rishi Sunak (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 63% of the people here.
- [Thirsk and Malton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/thirsk-and-malton): Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative), MP since July 2024. 37% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in DL8

[Bedale & Snape](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/bedale-and-snape), [Leyburn, Middleham & Tunstall](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/leyburn-middleham-and-tunstall), [Upper Dales](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/upper-dales)

## Postcode sectors in DL8

[DL8 1 (277 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-1), [DL8 2 (257 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-2), [DL8 3 (201 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-3), [DL8 4 (211 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-4), [DL8 5 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-5), [DL8 9 (3 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8-9)

## Council

[North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)

## Postcode districts next to DL8

[BD23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd23), [BD24](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd24), [CA17](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ca17), [DL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl7), [DL9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9), [DL10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl10), [DL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl11), [HG3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg3), [HG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg4), [LA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la6), [LA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la10), [YO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo7)

## More in the DL postcode area

[All DL postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 93% of people in DL8 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DL8, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DL8
- Postcode area: [DL](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl)
- Constituency: [Richmond and Northallerton †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/richmond-and-northallerton)
- Council: [North Yorkshire †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire)
- Area: 740 km²
- People, mid-2024: 19,545*
- Neighbourhoods: 13
- Output areas: 68

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[HG4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hg4), [DL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl11), [BD23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bd23), [DL7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl7), [LA10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/la10), [YO7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/yo7)

## Latest updates for DL8

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DL8

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8