Foggy Furze

Hartlepool · North East · population 5,831 · 4 LSOAs

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

3Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,641 of 6,856 in England
  • #317 of 342 in North East
  • #7 of 11 in Hartlepool
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,804
Median age (est.)40
Density3,341per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above20%
No car or van40%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 23%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 23%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 36%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 14% · Skilled trades 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary14%
Skilled trades14%
Caring & leisure13%
Process & plant12%
Sales & customer service11%
Professional11%
Associate professional11%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

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

Foggy Furze is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,641 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #7 of 11 in Hartlepool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (88) but weak on Employment (1). Typical homes here, about £89,999 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 80% in five years (from 95 sales), 42% below the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,341 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 200 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 6 · #6,455
Employment 1 · #6,778
Education 12 · #6,051
Health 1 · #6,764
Crime 2 · #6,750
Housing & access 88 · #800
Living environment 18 · #5,647

House prices ?

£89,999median (12m) · +12.5% yr · n=95
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£89,99995+12.5%+80.0%
Detached£193,7506-4.3%+11.2%
Semi-detached£131,55030+9.2%-2.2%
Terraced£72,00058+20.0%+92.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£89,999
Hartlepool£155,000
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)£29,341±£4,198 · #6,512 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,679
Price-to-income ?3.1×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

200 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,168 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #6,178 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences458
Theft220
Burglary70
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson144
Public order & weapons105
Drugs63
Robbery31
Other36

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 164 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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