High Shincliffe & Bowburn

County Durham · North East · population 6,722 · 4 LSOAs

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

43Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,899 of 6,856 in England
  • #117 of 342 in North East
  • #17 of 65 in County Durham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,585
Median age (est.)45
Density258per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above40%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 34%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

High Shincliffe & Bowburn is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,899 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 65 in County Durham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (73) and lowest on Housing & access (30). Typical homes here sold for about £154,123 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 124 sales), 7% above the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #820 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,419 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 75 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 47 · #3,645
Employment 38 · #4,228
Education 49 · #3,508
Health 32 · #4,694
Crime 49 · #3,474
Housing & access 30 · #4,783
Living environment 73 · #1,876

House prices ?

£154,123median (12m) · -16.7% yr · n=124
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£154,123124-16.7%+4.5%
Detached£266,00031+0.4%+29.8%
Semi-detached£158,50034+5.7%+21.2%
Terraced£105,00059-4.1%+9.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£154,123
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)£37,419±£5,369 · #4,231 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,976
Price-to-income ?4.1×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 ?

88Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

75 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 502 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #3,809 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences221
Theft87
Burglary21
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons56
Drugs16
Robbery0
Other31

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 151 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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