Haltwhistle & Bardon Mill

Northumberland · North East · population 6,849 · 5 LSOAs

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

37Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,330 of 6,856 in England
  • #131 of 342 in North East
  • #25 of 38 in Northumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,715
Median age (est.)53
Density17per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above27%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 14%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 33%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 16% · Professional 13% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades16%
Professional13%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary12%
Process & plant11%
Caring & leisure11%
Associate professional9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 2%

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

Haltwhistle & Bardon Mill is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,330 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (74) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £170,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 91 sales), 16% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,424 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £32,896 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 53 · #3,234
Employment 47 · #3,618
Education 38 · #4,241
Health 40 · #4,118
Crime 74 · #1,815
Housing & access 15 · #5,839
Living environment 7 · #6,353

House prices ?

£170,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£170,00091+5.6%+17.2%
Detached£304,00024+0.9%+33.6%
Semi-detached£175,00025+9.4%+11.1%
Terraced£155,00036+19.2%+41.6%
Flat£88,0006-2.2%
This area£170,000
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)£32,896±£4,724 · #5,708 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£31,845
Price-to-income ?5.2×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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 306 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #1,656 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft38
Burglary27
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons41
Drugs12
Robbery4
Other22

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 57 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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