Martins Wood

Stevenage · East of England · population 6,382 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,159 of 6,856 in England
  • #572 of 746 in East of England
  • #10 of 12 in Stevenage
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,427
Median age (est.)39
Density6,251per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van19%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 28%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 28%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 13%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 13%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 12% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional12%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Elementary11%
Caring & leisure10%
Managers & directors10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service9%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 7%Black: 6%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 83%Asian 7%Black 6%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 42% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Martins Wood is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,159 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 12 in Stevenage. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (72) and lowest on Education (26). Typical homes here, about £335,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 67 sales), in line with the wider Stevenage median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,184 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 67 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 34 · #4,495
Employment 35 · #4,461
Education 26 · #5,091
Health 37 · #4,296
Crime 44 · #3,851
Housing & access 42 · #3,967
Living environment 72 · #1,938

House prices ?

£335,000median (12m) · +3.9% yr · n=67
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£335,00067+3.9%+25.9%
Detached£524,7506
Semi-detached£460,0009+19.5%+8.2%
Terraced£339,00040+5.9%+26.7%
Flat£176,25012+6.5%+12.3%
This area£335,000
Stevenage£345,000
East of England£348,000
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)£41,184±£5,800 · #3,074 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,723
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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 427 offences
Stevenage97
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,340 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences234
Theft65
Burglary4
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson41
Public order & weapons33
Drugs19
Robbery5
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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