Battle Hill West

North Tyneside · North East · population 5,442 · 4 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,324 of 6,856 in England
  • #130 of 342 in North East
  • #20 of 30 in North Tyneside
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,508
Median age (est.)46
Density4,867per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above22%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 24%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 35%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Sales & customer service 13% · Administrative 12%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Sales & customer service13%
Administrative12%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 0%Other: 1%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 0%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 3%

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

Battle Hill West is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,324 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 30 in North Tyneside. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (97) but weak on Health (22). Typical homes here, about £156,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 30% in five years (from 77 sales), 28% below the wider North Tyneside median of £217,310. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,288 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £31,808 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 88 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 37 · #4,296
Employment 28 · #4,947
Education 36 · #4,392
Health 22 · #5,366
Crime 30 · #4,824
Housing & access 97 · #197
Living environment 55 · #3,062

House prices ?

£156,000median (12m) · +6.1% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£156,00077+6.1%+30.5%
Detached£255,5008
Semi-detached£165,27528+0.2%+24.7%
Terraced£147,75031-1.5%+24.2%
Flat£90,00010+38.5%+28.6%
This area£156,000
North Tyneside£217,310
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)£31,808±£4,539 · #6,003 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,505
Price-to-income ?4.9×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 ?

81Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

88 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 481 offences
North Tyneside76
North East97
England83

Rank #4,466 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences198
Theft126
Burglary12
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson52
Public order & weapons34
Drugs2
Robbery11
Other27

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 85 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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