Hardwick & Salters Lane

Stockton-on-Tees · North East · population 9,584 · 5 LSOAs

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

8Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,270 of 6,856 in England
  • #280 of 342 in North East
  • #20 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,246
Median age (est.)36
Density3,857per km²
No qualifications25%
Degree or above22%
No car or van34%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 17%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 17%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 37%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 20%Other: 9%
One person 31%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 20%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Elementary 15% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Elementary15%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades10%
Process & plant10%
Associate professional10%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors8%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Hardwick & Salters Lane is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #6,270 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 26 in Stockton-on-Tees. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (92) but weak on Health (2). Typical homes here sold for about £165,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 97 sales), 6% below the wider Stockton-on-Tees median of £174,998. Typical household take-home income is around £32,810 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 149 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 10 · #6,133
Employment 6 · #6,476
Education 11 · #6,120
Health 2 · #6,702
Crime 9 · #6,216
Housing & access 82 · #1,253
Living environment 92 · #540

House prices ?

£165,000median (12m) · +10.0% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£165,00097+10.0%+24.1%
Detached£240,00033-2.0%+4.3%
Semi-detached£160,00029+14.3%+50.4%
Terraced£125,00035+23.2%+60.8%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£165,000
Stockton-on-Tees£174,998
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)£32,810±£4,746 · #5,739 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£27,252
Price-to-income ?5.0×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 ?

25Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

149 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,425 offences
Stockton-on-Tees115
North East97
England83

Rank #5,894 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences587
Theft244
Burglary66
Vehicle crime81
Criminal damage & arson200
Public order & weapons123
Drugs62
Robbery23
Other39

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 253 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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