Morpeth North & Pegswood

Northumberland · North East · population 5,567 · 3 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,864 of 6,856 in England
  • #116 of 342 in North East
  • #19 of 38 in Northumberland
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,445
Median age (est.)49
Density300per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 17%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 33%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
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 53% · No religion 41% · 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

Morpeth North & Pegswood is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,864 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 38 in Northumberland. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (80) and lowest on Crime (30). Typical homes here sold for about £226,500 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 100 sales), 12% above the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,567 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,720 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 111 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 50 · #3,460
Employment 38 · #4,262
Education 58 · #2,870
Health 33 · #4,598
Crime 30 · #4,817
Housing & access 40 · #4,145
Living environment 80 · #1,383

House prices ?

£226,500median (12m) · -19.5% yr · n=100
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£226,500100-19.5%+12.0%
Detached£315,00034-10.0%+28.6%
Semi-detached£174,00036-0.6%+21.9%
Terraced£212,50020-16.0%+15.5%
Flat£190,50010-22.6%-2.9%
This area£226,500
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)£39,720±£5,665 · #3,504 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,437
Price-to-income ?5.7×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 ?

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

Recorded crime ?

111 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 619 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #5,244 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences347
Theft58
Burglary6
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson78
Public order & weapons99
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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