Pity Me & Framwellgate Moor

County Durham · North East · population 6,244 · 4 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,569 of 6,856 in England
  • #77 of 342 in North East
  • #10 of 65 in County Durham
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,194
Median age (est.)44
Density2,440per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above40%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 20%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 13%
One person 39%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 29% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 10%

All occupation groups
Professional29%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 89%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 35% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Pity Me & Framwellgate Moor is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,569 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 65 in County Durham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Health (33). Typical homes here, about £175,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 89 sales), 22% above the wider County Durham median of £144,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #154 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £38,271 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 55 · #3,083
Employment 43 · #3,892
Education 68 · #2,171
Health 33 · #4,564
Crime 58 · #2,884
Housing & access 97 · #190
Living environment 73 · #1,828

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +12.9% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,00089+12.9%+26.1%
Detached£290,0006-39.3%-8.7%
Semi-detached£189,50051+21.5%+37.8%
Terraced£141,50021+17.9%+9.9%
Flat£102,50011-10.9%-1.4%
This area£175,000
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)£38,271±£5,458 · #3,942 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,629
Price-to-income ?4.6×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 ?

98Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 367 offences
County Durham95
North East97
England83

Rank #2,785 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences160
Theft75
Burglary10
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons59
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 83 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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