Crawcrook & Greenside

Gateshead · North East · population 9,438 · 6 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,795 of 6,856 in England
  • #83 of 342 in North East
  • #5 of 27 in Gateshead
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,347
Median age (est.)47
Density719per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 29%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Elementary7%
Process & plant7%

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 53% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Crawcrook & Greenside is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,795 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 27 in Gateshead. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (74) and lowest on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 158 sales), in line with the wider Gateshead median of £162,995. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #197 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £36,173 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,253
Employment 52 · #3,316
Education 74 · #1,760
Health 42 · #3,960
Crime 60 · #2,747
Housing & access 29 · #4,858
Living environment 48 · #3,590

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +17.2% yr · n=158
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,000158+17.2%+3.0%
Detached£310,00030-3.9%+15.0%
Semi-detached£192,00041+29.7%+14.3%
Terraced£130,50080+0.4%+13.0%
Flat£144,9997+81.2%
This area£170,000
Gateshead£162,995
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)£36,173±£5,172 · #4,650 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,691
Price-to-income ?4.7×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 ?

97Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 397 offences
Gateshead83
North East97
England83

Rank #1,420 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences166
Theft55
Burglary16
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson59
Public order & weapons46
Drugs9
Robbery3
Other28

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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