United Kingdom · North East · Local Authority
Hartlepool
Unitary authority · North East, England · population ~94k · 39 state-funded schools
Low rents and house prices come at the cost of low earnings and high crime. Hartlepool offers the lowest median monthly rent in the North East, taking just 19.7% of median gross pay, and its median house price is 4.5 times annual earnings. However, median weekly earnings are low at £666.60, below the regional median, and recorded crime is the highest in the North East. Deprivation is also the highest in the region. This suits those prioritising affordability over career prospects and who can tolerate higher crime rates.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Hartlepool ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£34,663/yr
Very low
Worse than 94% of UK LAs
House price
£155,000
Most affordable
Better than 95% of UK LAs
Rent
£570/mo
Most affordable
Better than 100% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,560/yr
Most expensive
Worse than 82% of UK LAs
Crime
132.3/1k
Highest
Worse than 98% of UK LAs
Deprivation
35.0
Most deprived
Worse than 97% of UK LAs
Schools
91.4%
Weak
Worse than 63% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
38 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
32 of 35 (91.4%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 3 schools are on the post-2024 report-card framework and don't roll up into the legacy total. How we count →
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39 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 39 schools, sortable and filterable.
Schools in Hartlepool →Places with similar signatures
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.