North Jesmond

Newcastle upon Tyne · North East · population 9,815 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #711 of 6,856 in England
  • #23 of 342 in North East
  • #3 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,505
Median age (est.)24
Density7,182per km²
No qualifications3%
Degree or above39%
No car or van27%

Age

0–14 5%15–24 60%25–44 15%45–64 11%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 15%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 56%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 15%Social rent 5%Private rent 56%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 2%Other: 48%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 2%Other 48%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 37% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional37%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary11%
Sales & customer service11%
Administrative7%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades2%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 33% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

North Jesmond is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #711 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 34 in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (100) but weak on Living environment (12). Typical homes here, about £333,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 46% in five years (from 62 sales), 62% above the wider Newcastle upon Tyne median of £205,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,849 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 100 · #5
Employment 100 · #1
Education 96 · #279
Health 61 · #2,672
Crime 69 · #2,103
Housing & access 81 · #1,273
Living environment 12 · #6,010

House prices ?

£333,000median (12m) · +34.5% yr · n=62
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£333,00062+34.5%+45.6%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£854,0008+53.9%+26.5%
Terraced£601,70018+46.8%+51.8%
Flat£225,00033-2.2%+28.2%
This area£333,000
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)£47,849±£8,812 · #1,468 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,681
Price-to-income ?7.0×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 ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 528 offences
Newcastle upon Tyne104
North East97
England83

Rank #2,395 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences102
Theft198
Burglary63
Vehicle crime65
Criminal damage & arson33
Public order & weapons39
Drugs11
Robbery9
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 268 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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