Jesmond

Hartlepool · North East · population 8,045 · 5 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

Residents8,001
Median age (est.)39
Density4,457per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above19%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 11%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 36%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 36%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 19%Other: 10%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 19%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Sales & customer service13%
Skilled trades13%
Professional11%
Associate professional11%
Process & plant11%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 45% · Muslim 1%

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

Jesmond 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 (86) but weak on Employment (1). Typical homes here sold for about £100,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 80 sales), 35% below the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £29,979 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 170 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 4 · #6,593
Employment 1 · #6,798
Education 11 · #6,099
Health 2 · #6,750
Crime 2 · #6,737
Housing & access 86 · #992
Living environment 63 · #2,555

House prices ?

£100,500median (12m) · -2.0% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£100,50080-2.0%+24.1%
Detached£200,0008+14.3%+28.2%
Semi-detached£130,00022+10.6%+21.5%
Terraced£87,75050-6.4%+29.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£100,500
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)£29,979±£4,297 · #6,403 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,574
Price-to-income ?3.4×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 ?

170 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,366 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #6,039 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences593
Theft244
Burglary64
Vehicle crime41
Criminal damage & arson163
Public order & weapons129
Drugs45
Robbery23
Other64

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 194 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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