DL2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Middleton St George, Darlington and Hurworth-on-Tees, in Darlington, County Durham and 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 DL2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 29% of people in DL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DL2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DL2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DL2 at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 111.8 per 1,000 people across the DL postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 151 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DL2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (569), anti-social behaviour (327) and other crime (219).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DL2 was 67.9 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 DL2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DL2 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DL2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 064F | 2,345 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 56.3% |
| County Durham 064H | 2,163 | 59.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.1% |
| Darlington 001B | 2,705 | 62.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 81.6% |
| Darlington 001E | 1,762 | 120.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.5% |
| Darlington 015A | 2,149 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.8% |
| Darlington 015B | 1,938 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.9% |
| Darlington 015C | 1,434 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.4% |
| Darlington 015D | 1,561 | 98.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 77.0% |
| Darlington 015E | 2,287 | 57.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.0% |
| Richmondshire 001B | 1,287 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.1% |
MPs for DL2
- Matt VickersConservativeMP for Stockton West43% of DL2’s postcodes
- Dr Sam RushworthLabourMP for Bishop Auckland23% of DL2’s postcodes
- Lola McEvoyLabourMP for Darlington22% of DL2’s postcodes
- Rishi SunakConservativeMP for Richmond and Northallerton12% of DL2’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 DL22
Postcode sectors in DL24
Councils DL2 covers3
Towns in DL21
Postcode districts next to DL213
More in the DL postcode area2
DL2 in brief
DL2 is a postcode district covering Middleton St George, Darlington and Hurworth-on-Tees, in Darlington, County Durham and North Yorkshire.
About 20,128 people lived in DL2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £247,498 in 2025 across 536 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DL2 was £247,498 in 2025.
DL2 had 18,384 usual residents at the census.
About 29% of people in DL2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DL2, 79.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.