Westlands & Seabridge

Newcastle-under-Lyme · West Midlands · population 9,594 · 6 LSOAs

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

95Area Score / 100 ?
  • #313 of 6,856 in England
  • #22 of 736 in West Midlands
  • #1 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,417
Median age (est.)50
Density1,741per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above40%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 29%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 6%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 29% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Westlands & Seabridge is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #313 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #1 of 16 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (98) and lowest on Housing & access (63). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 146 sales), 42% above the wider Newcastle-under-Lyme median of £200,000. Put together — a relatively un-deprived area with homes that are cheap by national standards — it ranks among England's best value, #243 of 6,851 priced neighbourhoods. Typical household take-home income is around £42,222 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 26 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 95 · #368
Employment 85 · #1,013
Education 91 · #622
Health 74 · #1,746
Crime 98 · #169
Housing & access 63 · #2,534
Living environment 95 · #341

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=146
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,000146+5.6%+11.8%
Detached£330,00083+1.5%+18.9%
Semi-detached£240,00049+5.5%+2.1%
Terraced£151,0009-28.8%-24.8%
Flat£120,0005+22.4%
This area£285,000
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)£42,222±£6,004 · #2,783 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,106
Price-to-income ?6.8×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 ?

96Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

26 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 251 offences
Newcastle-under-Lyme73
West Midlands86
England83

Rank #215 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences148
Theft26
Burglary13
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons22
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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