# DL9

Postcode district covering Catterick Garrison, Walkerville and Hipswell, in North Yorkshire.

DL9 is a postcode district covering Catterick Garrison, Walkerville and Hipswell, in North Yorkshire. Median sale price £187,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code DL9. 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 DL9 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £187,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DL9 was £187,000 in 2025. Joint 294th 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/dl9#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 14,643** (2021). DL9 had 14,643 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 984th 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/dl9#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in DL9 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/dl9#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.3%** (January 2026). In DL9, 80.3% 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/dl9#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in DL9 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=DL9) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 192 homes were sold in DL9 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DL9) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DL9.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DL9) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DL9 had 14,643 usual residents at the census.

## How DL9 compares

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

| Measure | DL9 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £187,000 | 8th most expensive | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2025 |
| Population | 14,643 | 5th least populated | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | most people in radon Affected Areas | 17 postcode districts, DL · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 80.3% | 7th lowest | 17 postcode districts, DL · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the DL postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in DL9

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Richmondshire 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027749) | 1,948 | 82.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Richmondshire 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027771) | 2,536 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.1% |
| [Richmondshire 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027772) | 1,289 | 30.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.4% |
| [Richmondshire 004H](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01033184) | 2,007 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 73.3% |
| [Richmondshire 004I](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034965) | 2,781 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 65.3% |
| [Richmondshire 004J](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034966) | 1,800 | 44.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 62.0% |
| [Richmondshire 004K](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01034967) | 1,724 | 65.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.9% |
| [Richmondshire 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/neighbourhood/e01027756) | 1,811 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 57.7% |

## Your MP

- [Richmond and Northallerton](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/richmond-and-northallerton): Rishi Sunak (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

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

## Middle areas in DL9

[Catterick Garrison & Colburn](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire/catterick-garrison-and-colburn)

## Postcode sectors in DL9

[DL9 3 (128 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9-3), [DL9 4 (270 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9-4)

## Council

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

## Towns in DL9

[Catterick Garrison](https://openindex.co.uk/town/catterick-garrison)

## Postcode districts next to DL9

[DL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8), [DL10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl10), [DL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl11)

## 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)

## 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.
About 100% of people in DL9 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DL9, 80.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DL9
- 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: 27.15 km²
- People, mid-2024: 14,966*
- Neighbourhoods: 8
- Output areas: 41

* 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

[DL10](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl10), [DL8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl8), [DL11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl11)

## Latest updates for DL9

- 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/DL9

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dl9
