Newcastle West & Cross Heath

Newcastle-under-Lyme · West Midlands · population 10,289 · 6 LSOAs

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

24Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,222 of 6,856 in England
  • #496 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #15 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,001
Median age (est.)35
Density3,399per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above24%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 16%25–44 27%45–64 23%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 39%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 39%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 19% · Professional 15% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Elementary19%
Professional15%
Caring & leisure12%
Skilled trades11%
Process & plant9%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service9%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative8%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 42% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Newcastle West & Cross Heath is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,222 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (85) but weak on Health (12). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 97 sales), 15% below the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme median of £200,000. Typical household take-home income is around £32,223 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 94 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,331
Employment 20 · #5,516
Education 20 · #5,482
Health 12 · #6,030
Crime 25 · #5,146
Housing & access 74 · #1,808
Living environment 85 · #1,047

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +6.9% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00097+6.9%+14.9%
Detached£250,00017-11.7%+19.0%
Semi-detached£182,00047+1.1%+19.3%
Terraced£135,00031-3.6%+10.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£170,000
Newcastle-under-Lyme£200,000
West Midlands£252,500
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)£32,223±£4,545 · #5,898 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£26,161
Price-to-income ?5.3×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

94 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 967 offences
Newcastle-under-Lyme73
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #4,709 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences523
Theft149
Burglary27
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons109
Drugs23
Robbery7
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 267 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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