Berwick-upon-Tweed West & Holy Island

Northumberland · North East · population 7,006 · 5 LSOAs

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

55Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,062 of 6,856 in England
  • #93 of 342 in North East
  • #14 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,029
Median age (est.)55
Density33per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above30%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 30%65+ 33%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 14% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional14%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 99%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 0%Other: 0%
White 99%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 0%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · 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

Berwick-upon-Tweed West & Holy Island is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,062 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (88) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here, about £275,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 39% in five years (from 99 sales), 36% above the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,554 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £34,874 a year, in the bottom 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 73 · #1,856
Employment 63 · #2,555
Education 51 · #3,378
Health 53 · #3,227
Crime 88 · #834
Housing & access 18 · #5,599
Living environment 30 · #4,810

House prices ?

£275,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=99
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£275,000990.0%+38.9%
Detached£360,00040+10.8%+43.3%
Semi-detached£237,50034+21.8%+46.2%
Terraced£222,50022-2.2%+23.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£275,000
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)£34,874±£5,001 · #5,076 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,128
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

77Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 377 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #2,397 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences156
Theft79
Burglary8
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons28
Drugs17
Robbery2
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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