Rift House & Summerhill

Hartlepool · North East · population 6,742 · 4 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,305 of 6,856 in England
  • #284 of 342 in North East
  • #6 of 11 in Hartlepool
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,473
Median age (est.)41
Density2,796per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above19%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 12%25–44 23%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 31%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 31%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 16%Other: 13%
One person 34%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 16%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades14%
Elementary13%
Process & plant12%
Professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 43% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Rift House & Summerhill is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,305 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 11 in Hartlepool. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Health (3). Typical homes here sold for about £100,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 51 sales), 35% below the wider Hartlepool median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,062 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 123 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 11 · #6,106
Employment 4 · #6,572
Education 12 · #6,037
Health 3 · #6,654
Crime 13 · #5,989
Housing & access 79 · #1,417
Living environment 76 · #1,657

House prices ?

£100,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=51
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£100,000510.0%+17.0%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£160,00023+18.1%+36.2%
Terraced£91,50020-3.7%+17.3%
Flat£77,9756+4.0%+16.4%
This area£100,000
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)£31,062±£4,467 · #6,179 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,672
Price-to-income ?3.2×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

123 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 829 offences
Hartlepool141
North East97
England83

Rank #5,520 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences276
Theft273
Burglary44
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson99
Public order & weapons43
Drugs26
Robbery7
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 96 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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