Delves Lane & Leadgate

County Durham · North East · population 8,995 · 5 LSOAs

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

22Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,311 of 6,856 in England
  • #188 of 342 in North East
  • #34 of 65 in County Durham
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,003
Median age (est.)42
Density988per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above23%
No car or van24%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 16%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 14%Other: 13%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 14%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Skilled trades 12% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Associate professional12%
Process & plant11%
Sales & customer service10%
Managers & directors9%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 36% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Delves Lane & Leadgate is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,311 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #34 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (68) but weak on Health (8). Typical homes here, about £148,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 56% in five years (from 154 sales), in line with the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,454 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 66 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 29 · #4,872
Employment 15 · #5,852
Education 24 · #5,228
Health 8 · #6,339
Crime 43 · #3,933
Housing & access 53 · #3,206
Living environment 68 · #2,185

House prices ?

£148,000median (12m) · +8.0% yr · n=154
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£148,000154+8.0%+55.8%
Detached£248,50049+1.8%+18.3%
Semi-detached£140,00052+5.3%+47.4%
Terraced£103,00051+21.2%+38.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£148,000
County Durham£144,000
North East£171,000
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)£33,454±£4,811 · #5,523 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,846
Price-to-income ?4.4×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

66 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 593 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #3,270 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences311
Theft49
Burglary25
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson87
Public order & weapons41
Drugs13
Robbery8
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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