TS27
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blackhall Rocks, Hart and West View, in County Durham and Hartlepool.
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 TS27 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TS27, 79.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TS27 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TS27 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TS27 at a rate of 108.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 151.5 per 1,000 people across TS.
In August 2026 alone, 112 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TS27.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (392), shoplifting (341) and anti-social behaviour (185).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TS27 was 104.3 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 TS27, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TS27 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 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 TS27
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 039B | 1,438 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.5% |
| County Durham 039D | 1,150 | 230.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.4% |
| County Durham 039F | 2,190 | 123.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.9% |
| County Durham 043A | 2,025 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 28.4% |
| Hartlepool 001C | 1,070 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Hartlepool 001D | 1,323 | 21.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Hartlepool 014A | 2,856 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 74.2% |
MPs for TS27
- Grahame MorrisLabourMP for Easington59% of TS27’s postcodes
- Mr Jonathan BrashLabourMP for Hartlepool40% of TS27’s postcodes
- Alan StricklandLabourMP for Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor0.3% of TS27’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 TS271
Postcode sectors in TS272
Councils TS27 covers2
Towns in TS271
Postcode districts next to TS277
Nearest rail stations1
More in the TS postcode area2
TS27 in brief
TS27 is a postcode district covering Blackhall Rocks, Hart and West View, in County Durham and Hartlepool.
About 12,678 people lived in TS27 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 298 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 108.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TS27 was £175,000 in 2025.
TS27 had 11,803 usual residents at the census.
In TS27, 79.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TS27, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.