Coldean & Moulsecoomb North

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 11,430 · 4 LSOAs

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

35Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,426 of 6,856 in England
  • #917 of 1,119 in South East
  • #25 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,116
Median age (est.)22
Density1,679per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above17%
No car or van32%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 55%25–44 16%45–64 14%65+ 8%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 41%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 41%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 26%
One person 25%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 17% · Sales & customer service 15% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Elementary17%
Sales & customer service15%
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 9%Black: 5%Mixed: 5%Other: 4%
White 78%Asian 9%Black 5%Mixed 5%Other 4%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 27% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Coldean & Moulsecoomb North is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,426 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (75) but weak on Education (8). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 30 sales), 9% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,971 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 53 · #3,247
Employment 64 · #2,480
Education 8 · #6,291
Health 37 · #4,310
Crime 58 · #2,870
Housing & access 11 · #6,099
Living environment 75 · #1,698

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=30
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00030+1.3%+17.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£397,50016+4.6%+20.5%
Terraced£355,50011-1.2%+9.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£380,000
Brighton and Hove£419,000
South East£385,000
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)£34,971±£5,067 · #5,047 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,714
Price-to-income ?10.9×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 709 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #2,998 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences332
Theft135
Burglary20
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons71
Drugs49
Robbery4
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 196 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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