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DL9

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Catterick Garrison, Walkerville and Hipswell, 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 DL9 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In DL9, 80.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£187,000
294th cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
14,643
984th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.7%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How DL9 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

DL9Middle
Median sale price17 postcode districts, DL · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in DL17 areas from £79,000 to £373,000. The middle area is £175,000. DL9 is £187,000.
£187,0008th most expensive
Population17 postcode districts, DL · 2021
Population: every postcode district in DL17 areas from 4,710 to 48,342. The middle area is 17,808. DL9 is 14,643.
14,6435th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage17 postcode districts, DL · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in DL17 areas from 26.7% to 96.9%. The middle area is 81.0%. DL9 is 80.3%.
80.3%7th lowest
Claimant rate17 postcode districts, DL · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in DL17 areas from 1.1% to 4.6%. The middle area is 2.6%. DL9 is 2.7%.
2.7%8th highest

Is DL9 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL9 at a rate of 56.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across DL.

In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL9.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (386), anti-social behaviour (193) and other crime (110).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL9 was 65.0 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 DL9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL9 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in DL9

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Richmondshire 004A1,94882.8 per 1,0002100.0%
Richmondshire 004E2,53633.8 per 1,000793.1%
Richmondshire 004F1,28930.1 per 1,000786.4%
Richmondshire 004H2,00731.6 per 1,000873.3%
Richmondshire 004I2,78180.3 per 1,000765.3%
Richmondshire 004J1,80044.8 per 1,000662.0%
Richmondshire 004K1,72465.8 per 1,000684.9%
Richmondshire 006B1,81151.0 per 1,000657.7%

Your MP

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 DL91

Postcode sectors in DL92

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Towns in DL91

Postcode districts next to DL93

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DL9 in brief

DL9 is a postcode district covering Catterick Garrison, Walkerville and Hipswell, in North Yorkshire.

About 14,966 people lived in DL9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £187,000 in 2025 across 192 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 56.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in DL9 was £187,000 in 2025.

DL9 had 14,643 usual residents at the census.

In DL9, 80.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In DL9, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.