United Kingdom · North East · Local Authority
Hartlepool
Unitary authority · North East, England · population ~94k · 39 state-funded schools
Affordable to live in, difficult to prosper in. Hartlepool offers some of the lowest housing costs in the North East, with a median house price that is 4.5 times median annual pay and rent that consumes just 19.7% of gross earnings. This accessibility is tempered by a challenging economic environment, where weekly pay of £666.60 sits below the regional median. The trade-off is starker when considering social indicators, as both the deprivation score and the recorded crime rate of 132.3 per 1,000 residents are among the highest in the region. These figures suggest that while the cost of entry is low, the local labour market and wider social conditions remain difficult. This location suits those prioritising immediate housing affordability over local economic growth.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-10 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
92.1%
Mid
Worse than 57% 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
45 state-funded schools · Ofsted Sep 2026
35 of 38 (92.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. 7 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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What we don't know yet
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.