# Brandon Town in County Durham, North East. Brandon is a town in County Durham, North East. Median sale price £135,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 109.8 per 1,000 people. About 9,496 people. Town. Code E63000203. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) Brandon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Brandon add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £135,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Brandon was £135,000 in 2025. Joint 19th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 9,508** (2021). Brandon had 9,508 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 202nd least populated of 1,209. 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/town/brandon-county-durham#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 61%** (2022). About 61% of people in Brandon 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/town/brandon-county-durham#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.2%** (January 2026). In Brandon, 91.2% 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/town/brandon-county-durham#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000203) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 61% of people in Brandon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000203) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 107 homes were sold in Brandon in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000203) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Brandon. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000203) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Brandon had 9,508 usual residents at the census. ## How Brandon compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Brandon | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £135,000 | 10th cheapest | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 9,508 | 11th least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 61% | 20th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.2% | 16th lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Brandon safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brandon at a rate of 109.8 per 1,000 people. That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 83 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brandon. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (410), anti-social behaviour (190) and other crime (162). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Brandon was 93.7 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 Brandon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Brandon 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 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Brandon | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [County Durham 033G](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034497) | 1,547 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.5% | | [County Durham 033I](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01034499) | 1,794 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.3% | | [County Durham 038A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020685) | 1,610 | 121.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.6% | | [County Durham 038B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020686) | 1,430 | 167.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% | | [County Durham 038C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020687) | 1,281 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.5% | | [County Durham 038D](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020688) | 1,421 | 98.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% | | [County Durham 038E](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020689) | 1,577 | 127.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% | ## Your MP - [City of Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham): Mary Kelly Foy (Labour), 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. ## Council [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) ## Postcode districts covering Brandon [DH7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh7) ## Middle areas in Brandon [Brandon & Brancepeth](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/brandon-and-brancepeth) ## Towns near Brandon [Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/durham), [Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor), [Crook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crook), [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Chester-le-Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester-le-street) ## Brandon in brief Brandon is a town in County Durham, North East. About 9,496 people lived in Brandon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £135,000 in 2025 across 107 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 109.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Brandon was £135,000 in 2025. Brandon had 9,508 usual residents at the census. About 61% of people in Brandon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Brandon, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000203 - Constituency: [City of Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham) - Council: [County Durham †](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.21 km² - People, mid-2024: 9,496* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 32 * 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 and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/durham), [Spennymoor](https://openindex.co.uk/town/spennymoor), [Crook](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crook), [Ferryhill](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ferryhill), [Bishop Auckland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bishop-auckland), [Chester-le-Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester-le-street) ## Latest updates for Brandon - 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/E63000203 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-county-durham#f-house-sales-median-price. 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