Common Edge

Blackpool · North West · population 8,302 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,324 of 6,856 in England
  • #467 of 932 in North West
  • #3 of 19 in Blackpool
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,306
Median age (est.)49
Density1,951per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above23%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 6%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 12%Other: 17%
One person 34%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 12%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 14% · Professional 13% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Sales & customer service10%
Elementary9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 60% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Common Edge is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 19 in Blackpool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (80) but weak on Health (13). Typical homes here, about £161,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 150 sales), 17% above the wider Blackpool median of £137,500. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,332 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,272 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 46 · #3,700
Employment 33 · #4,570
Education 31 · #4,728
Health 13 · #5,955
Crime 46 · #3,672
Housing & access 80 · #1,376
Living environment 36 · #4,378

House prices ?

£161,000median (12m) · -5.3% yr · n=150
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£161,000150-5.3%+27.0%
Detached£267,50036-4.3%+15.7%
Semi-detached£177,00045+1.1%+40.5%
Terraced£125,00063+17.1%+25.0%
Flat£99,5006+17.1%+19.2%
This area£161,000
Blackpool£137,500
North West£225,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£32,272±£4,577 · #5,888 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£30,176
Price-to-income ?5.0×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 423 offences
Blackpool146
North West82
England83

Rank #2,196 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences241
Theft49
Burglary18
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons32
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 169 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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