Longhoughton & Alnmouth

Northumberland · North East · population 6,920 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,472 of 6,856 in England
  • #46 of 342 in North East
  • #7 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,694
Median age (est.)54
Density44per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above41%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 9%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 27%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades13%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

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

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

Longhoughton & Alnmouth is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,472 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (13). Typical homes here sold for about £379,995 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 116 sales) — roughly 1.9× the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,441 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 25 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 88 · #786
Employment 89 · #766
Education 68 · #2,164
Health 76 · #1,623
Crime 98 · #108
Housing & access 13 · #5,969
Living environment 56 · #3,035

House prices ?

£379,995median (12m) · +3.4% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£379,995116+3.4%+20.6%
Detached£400,00070-4.8%+19.9%
Semi-detached£262,50022+7.2%+29.0%
Terraced£350,000230.0%+31.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£379,995
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)£40,441±£5,810 · #3,291 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,583
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

66Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

25 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 174 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #173 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences69
Theft18
Burglary20
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons19
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 38 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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