Berwick Hills

Middlesbrough · North East · population 7,728 · 5 LSOAs

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

1Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,791 of 6,856 in England
  • #333 of 342 in North East
  • #16 of 19 in Middlesbrough
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,683
Median age (est.)33
Density4,117per km²
No qualifications32%
Degree or above16%
No car or van44%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 13%25–44 26%45–64 23%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 40%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 40%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 11%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 26%Other: 10%
One person 29%Couple, no children 11%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 26%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Caring & leisure 18% · Sales & customer service 13%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Caring & leisure18%
Sales & customer service13%
Skilled trades12%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional8%
Professional8%
Administrative7%
Managers & directors5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Berwick Hills is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,791 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #16 of 19 in Middlesbrough. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (64) but weak on Crime (0). Typical homes here, about £106,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 45 sales), 32% below the wider Middlesbrough median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,973 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 194 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 2 · #6,737
Employment 1 · #6,785
Education 1 · #6,785
Health 1 · #6,812
Crime 0 · #6,833
Housing & access 64 · #2,480
Living environment 61 · #2,651

House prices ?

£106,000median (12m) · +12.8% yr · n=45
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£106,00045+12.8%+33.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detached£106,00029-2.3%+32.5%
Terraced£102,50014+23.5%+65.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£106,000
Middlesbrough£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)£31,973±£4,675 · #5,958 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£23,906
Price-to-income ?3.3×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 ?

194 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,495 offences
Middlesbrough159
North East97
England83

Rank #6,160 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences527
Theft343
Burglary41
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson253
Public order & weapons131
Drugs61
Robbery41
Other61

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 274 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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