Newcastle City Centre

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 10,856 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,152 of 6,856 in England
  • #124 of 342 in North East
  • #13 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,252
Median age (est.)23
Density2,438per km²
No qualifications7%
Degree or above41%
No car or van66%

Age

0–14 3%15–24 59%25–44 27%45–64 8%65+ 4%

Tenure

Own outright: 8%Mortgage/shared: 7%Social rent: 29%Private rent: 56%
Own outright 8%Mortgage/shared 7%Social rent 29%Private rent 56%

Households

One person: 54%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 4%Lone parent: 3%Other: 20%
One person 54%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 4%Lone parent 3%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 34% · Associate professional 15% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional34%
Associate professional15%
Elementary12%
Sales & customer service11%
Managers & directors8%
Administrative6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 64%Asian: 23%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 6%
White 64%Asian 23%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 6%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 25% · Muslim 8%

Born outside the UK: 39%

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 City Centre is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,152 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (89) but weak on Crime (8). Typical homes here sold for about £150,000 over the past year, down 14% across five years (from 41 sales), 27% below the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,046 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £36,507 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 622 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 83 · #1,150
Employment 89 · #780
Education 56 · #3,007
Health 14 · #5,914
Crime 8 · #6,318
Housing & access 22 · #5,359
Living environment 16 · #5,784

House prices ?

£150,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£150,000410.0%-14.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=0)
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Flat£145,00040+1.8%-15.5%
This area£150,000
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)£36,507±£6,121 · #4,532 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£25,419
Price-to-income ?4.1×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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

622 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 6,758 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #6,413 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences2,791
Theft1,968
Burglary169
Vehicle crime109
Criminal damage & arson316
Public order & weapons761
Drugs379
Robbery148
Other117

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 1,965 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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