Longhorsley, Hepscott & Capheaton

Northumberland · North East · population 9,990 · 5 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,055 of 6,856 in England
  • #63 of 342 in North East
  • #10 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,476
Median age (est.)49
Density26per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above46%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 26%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 26%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

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 57% · No religion 37% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 4%

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

Longhorsley, Hepscott & Capheaton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,055 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (94) but weak on Housing & access (6). Typical homes here sold for about £371,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 182 sales) — roughly 1.8× the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,636 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 90 · #670
Employment 86 · #937
Education 94 · #437
Health 76 · #1,643
Crime 72 · #1,890
Housing & access 6 · #6,455
Living environment 38 · #4,234

House prices ?

£371,000median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=182
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£371,000182+4.2%+16.5%
Detached£465,226106+12.3%+22.4%
Semi-detached£213,75040-9.0%+25.8%
Terraced£255,00026+15.5%+32.5%
Flat£159,00010+17.8%+17.8%
This area£371,000
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)£45,636±£6,606 · #1,932 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,945
Price-to-income ?8.1×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 443 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #1,624 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft67
Burglary43
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons40
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 67 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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