Bedlington Town

Northumberland · North East · population 8,493 · 6 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,117 of 6,856 in England
  • #94 of 342 in North East
  • #15 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,477
Median age (est.)49
Density650per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above30%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 31%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 15%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure11%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 36% · Muslim 0%

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

Bedlington Town sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,117 of 6,856 in England, and #15 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Health (36). Typical homes here sold for about £205,995 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 171 sales), in line with the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #628 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £37,462 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 74 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 57 · #2,932
Employment 45 · #3,741
Education 41 · #4,036
Health 36 · #4,378
Crime 44 · #3,816
Housing & access 91 · #615
Living environment 93 · #457

House prices ?

£205,995median (12m) · +0.3% yr · n=171
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£205,995171+0.3%+19.1%
Detached£305,00075+10.7%+29.8%
Semi-detached£182,00063-0.6%+31.9%
Terraced£149,00028-13.9%+26.8%
Flat£70,0005-64.8%
This area£205,995
Northumberland£202,000
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)£37,462±£5,328 · #4,215 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,692
Price-to-income ?5.5×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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

74 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 626 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #3,750 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences285
Theft129
Burglary11
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson62
Public order & weapons72
Drugs17
Robbery3
Other33

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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