Widdrington, Lynemouth & Hadston

Northumberland · North East · population 12,219 · 7 LSOAs

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

28Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,913 of 6,856 in England
  • #160 of 342 in North East
  • #29 of 38 in Northumberland
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,139
Median age (est.)47
Density169per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above24%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 26%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 18%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 32%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure14%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Associate professional12%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%

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 54% · No religion 39% · Muslim 1%

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

Widdrington, Lynemouth & Hadston is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #4,913 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #29 of 38 in Northumberland. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (83) but weak on Education (18). Typical homes here sold for about £175,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 153 sales), 13% below the wider Northumberland median of £202,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,550 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 69 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 44 · #3,864
Employment 28 · #4,968
Education 18 · #5,599
Health 20 · #5,468
Crime 36 · #4,372
Housing & access 20 · #5,482
Living environment 83 · #1,191

House prices ?

£175,000median (12m) · +6.4% yr · n=153
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£175,000153+6.4%+15.9%
Detached£250,000570.0%+16.3%
Semi-detached£166,24542+10.1%+16.7%
Terraced£115,00052+11.7%+31.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£175,000
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)£34,550±£4,970 · #5,176 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,336
Price-to-income ?5.1×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

69 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 847 offences
Northumberland67
North East97
England83

Rank #3,493 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences377
Theft62
Burglary35
Vehicle crime36
Criminal damage & arson124
Public order & weapons108
Drugs39
Robbery2
Other64

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 336 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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