Longtown & Border

Cumberland · North West · population 6,078 · 4 LSOAs

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

26Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,050 of 6,856 in England
  • #554 of 932 in North West
  • #21 of 33 in Cumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,011
Median age (est.)51
Density16per km²
No qualifications23%
Degree or above24%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 32%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 8%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 21% · Elementary 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades21%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors12%
Professional11%
Process & plant10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%
Associate professional8%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Other 0%

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

Longtown & Border is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,050 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 33 in Cumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (60) but weak on Living environment (2). Typical homes here, about £200,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 38% in five years (from 60 sales), 14% above the wider Cumberland median of £175,000. Typical household take-home income is around £30,767 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 63 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 60 · #2,767
Employment 47 · #3,604
Education 22 · #5,331
Health 41 · #4,070
Crime 60 · #2,747
Housing & access 5 · #6,490
Living environment 2 · #6,750

House prices ?

£200,000median (12m) · +13.6% yr · n=60
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£200,00060+13.6%+37.9%
Detached£257,50026-19.5%+33.1%
Semi-detached£173,00022+9.1%+44.2%
Terraced£125,00012+13.6%+27.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£200,000
Cumberland£175,000
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)£30,767±£4,433 · #6,251 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,122
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

63 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 383 offences
Cumberland77
North West82
England83

Rank #3,066 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences159
Theft48
Burglary16
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons46
Drugs30
Robbery0
Other21

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 21 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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