Hexham & Acomb

Northumberland · North East · population 12,870 · 7 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,109 of 6,856 in England
  • #64 of 342 in North East
  • #11 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,642
Median age (est.)52
Density357per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above42%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 36%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 12%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary10%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative7%
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 55% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Hexham & Acomb is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,109 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 38 in Northumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (79) and lowest on Employment (56). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 224 sales), 39% above the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,340 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 61 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 61 · #2,658
Employment 56 · #3,042
Education 66 · #2,349
Health 56 · #3,042
Crime 74 · #1,787
Housing & access 79 · #1,444
Living environment 60 · #2,706

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +12.0% yr · n=224
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,000224+12.0%+14.3%
Detached£445,00065+4.7%+17.1%
Semi-detached£276,00064+31.9%+38.0%
Terraced£237,50056+5.6%+52.2%
Flat£145,00039+9.4%+3.6%
This area£280,000
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)£38,340±£5,500 · #3,920 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,207
Price-to-income ?7.3×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

61 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 788 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #2,950 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences333
Theft158
Burglary41
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons91
Drugs17
Robbery4
Other34

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 176 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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