Darlington
Darlington is covered by postcode districts DL1, DL2, DL3 and DL98. It is in the Darlington council area, England.
Every postcode in Darlington, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 13
- At medium risk at worst: 31
- At low risk at worst: 55
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,495
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 2,594 postcodes in Darlington that ONS places, 13 have a home or business at high risk, 31 are at medium risk at worst, 55 are at low risk at worst and 2,495 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.5307, longitude -1.5547. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
13 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
What is it like to live in Darlington?
Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 2,006 of the 2,371 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 339 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 99 of its 2,594 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is North Road, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Darlington?
Homes in Darlington sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,084 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £260,000 187 sales
- Semi-detached £165,000 483 sales
- Terraced £115,000 330 sales
- Flat or maisonette £95,000 84 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole DL1 district, Darlington's main postcode district: a typical £147,188.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Darlington: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Darlington?
138 of the 2,594 postcodes now in use in Darlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,310 homes sold in Darlington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL1 district, 15%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Darlington | Across the DL1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 9 of 1,084 (Under 1%) | 14 of 514 (3%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 75 of 1,310 (6%) | 102 of 664 (15%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Darlington?
Ofcom reports on 2,371 of the 2,594 postcodes in Darlington. At 2,006 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Darlington at risk of flooding?
99 of the 2,594 postcodes in Darlington have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 339 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Darlington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Darlington (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Corporation Road Community Primary School200 m 282 pupils, 352 places
- Reid Street Primary School650 m 364 pupils, 420 places
- Northwood Primary School1.0 km 429 pupils, 420 places
- Gurney Pease Academy1.1 km 191 pupils, 274 places
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School1.2 km 224 pupils, 210 places
- Polam Hall School1.4 km 842 pupils, 882 places
- Abbey Junior School1.5 km 362 pupils, 360 places
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School1.7 km 234 pupils, 210 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Darlington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Darlington is North Road Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- North Road Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Darlington Rail Station Railway station 1.2 kmCycle
- Dinsdale Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Darlington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Darlington, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Blacketts Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01325 380640 500 mWalk
- Orchard Court Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report May 2015, over 3 years old · Phone 01325 465285 800 mWalk
- Denmark Street Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01325 460731 900 mWalk
- Parkgate Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01325 735000 900 mWalk
- Clifton Court Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2026 · Phone 01325 465646 1.1 kmWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Darlington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,279 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Darlington over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 556 September 2025
- 582 October 2025
- 583 November 2025
- 544 December 2025
- 548 January 2026
- 532 February 2026
- 567 March 2026
- 606 April 2026
- 672 May 2026
- 695 June 2026
- 697 July 2026
- 697 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 162, drugs 97, robbery 78, bicycle theft 74, possession of weapons 64, theft from the person 42.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Darlington?
- Council
- Darlington
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Darlington (2,569) and Stockton West (25)
- Police force area
- Durham
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Darlington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Darlington about council tax Council tax, on darlington.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Darlington
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Darlington postcodes
2,594 postcodes in use in Darlington, by district:
Those districts are all in the DL postcode area.
Check a Darlington postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Darlington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Darlington's £155,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Darlington
- What is it like to live in Darlington?
- Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 2,006 of the 2,371 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 339 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 99 of its 2,594 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is North Road, 600 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Darlington?
- Darlington is covered by postcode districts DL1, DL2, DL3 and DL98, across 2,594 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Darlington in?
- Darlington is in the Darlington council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Darlington?
- Homes in Darlington sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,084 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Darlington?
- In Darlington, primary schools at its postcodes include Corporation Road Community Primary School, Reid Street Primary School and Northwood Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Rise Carr College, St Aidan's Church of England Academy and Polam Hall School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Darlington have a railway station?
- Yes: North Road is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Darlington, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Darlington?
- Ofcom reports on 2,371 of the 2,594 postcodes in Darlington. At 2,006 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 4 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Darlington at risk of flooding?
- 99 of the 2,594 postcodes in Darlington have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 339 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Darlington?
- 138 of the 2,594 postcodes now in use in Darlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,310 homes sold in Darlington were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DL1 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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