Park Vale

Middlesbrough · North East · population 6,506 · 3 LSOAs

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

7Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,360 of 6,856 in England
  • #289 of 342 in North East
  • #11 of 19 in Middlesbrough
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,267
Median age (est.)36
Density5,301per km²
No qualifications28%
Degree or above23%
No car or van37%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 24%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 22%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 22%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 37%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 19%Other: 10%
One person 33%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 19%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 14%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure14%
Process & plant12%
Skilled trades10%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors7%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

White: 81%Asian: 12%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 81%Asian 12%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 33% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Park Vale is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,360 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 19 in Middlesbrough. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (60) but weak on Crime (3). Typical homes here sold for about £143,500 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 43 sales), 7% below the wider Middlesbrough median of £155,000. Typical household take-home income is around £33,927 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 126 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 9 · #6,229
Employment 6 · #6,442
Education 10 · #6,140
Health 5 · #6,517
Crime 3 · #6,661
Housing & access 60 · #2,774
Living environment 55 · #3,069

House prices ?

£143,500median (12m) · +26.4% yr · n=43
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£143,50043+26.4%+22.7%
Detached£220,0005-2.2%+48.2%
Semi-detached£145,00029+32.1%+31.8%
Terraced£111,0008+18.7%+9.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£143,500
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)£33,927±£4,905 · #5,369 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,126
Price-to-income ?4.2×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

126 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 823 offences
Middlesbrough159
North East97
England83

Rank #5,593 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences299
Theft106
Burglary65
Vehicle crime70
Criminal damage & arson109
Public order & weapons69
Drugs50
Robbery22
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 199 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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