Byker South & St Peters

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 6,431 · 4 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
  • #31 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,460
Median age (est.)34
Density4,457per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above30%
No car or van59%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 32%45–64 24%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 10%Mortgage/shared: 11%Social rent: 56%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 10%Mortgage/shared 11%Social rent 56%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 45%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 14%Lone parent: 16%Other: 12%
One person 45%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 14%Lone parent 16%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 20% · Professional 19% · Caring & leisure 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary20%
Professional19%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service9%
Skilled trades8%
Process & plant8%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 77%Asian: 3%Black: 13%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 77%Asian 3%Black 13%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 41% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Byker South & St Peters is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,791 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #31 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (55) and lowest on Health (0). Typical homes here sold for about £155,000 over the past year, down 6% across five years (from 35 sales), 24% below the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £28,757 a year, among England's lowest. Recorded crime ran at 185 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 3 · #6,661
Employment 1 · #6,764
Education 2 · #6,716
Health 0 · #6,826
Crime 0 · #6,819
Housing & access 55 · #3,097
Living environment 35 · #4,461

House prices ?

£155,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=35
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£155,00035+14.0%-5.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Terraced£249,00018+77.9%+26.4%
Flat£137,80015+2.1%+13.0%
This area£155,000
Newcastle upon Tyne£205,000
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)£28,757±£4,305 · #6,596 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£24,010
Price-to-income ?5.4×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 ?

185 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,190 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #6,128 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences399
Theft282
Burglary57
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson132
Public order & weapons153
Drugs49
Robbery33
Other38

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 352 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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