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Private rents average £695 a month. Home to 2,713 people, this town lies in Northumberland, North East.
Low prices, and some weak spots to weigh against them. Where it falls short is jobs & income — the mean household earns £41,423 a year. Overall, Hadston earns a C, better than 31% of UK towns. That places it #12 of 20 in Northumberland. Prices are modest for what you get: homes sell for a median £135,000, about 2.9 times local household income. It also trails on health (D): life expectancy 77.2 for men, 82.7 for women. Police record more crime here than in most towns (D): 36.2 violent and sexual offences and 22.9 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 90%.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published. No state school with published KS2 or GCSE results is in or within 3 km of this town, so it has no School Grade.
The 3 things Hadston does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Hadston is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 1 building inside Hadston’s built-up area.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hadston.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes built before 1919 account for 7% of the housing. For its size, Hadston has 4 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, lower than both Northumberland’s towns (52) and England’s towns (39).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
57% of households own their home, lower than both Northumberland’s towns (65%) and England’s towns (61%). Renting privately is how 14% of households live. Only one of the 20 towns in Northumberland costs less to buy into than Hadston, whose median sale is £135,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £249,500 | 22 |
| Semi-detached | £140,000 | 36 |
| Terraced | £125,000 | 50 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
A disability affects nearly a quarter of people in Hadston. 78% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, near Northumberland’s towns (78%) and lower than England’s towns (82%). Seeing a GP means leaving Hadston: the nearest practice is 2.9 miles away. Women here live to 82.7 on average and men to 77.2 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Hadston | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.4% | 6.5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 22% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Violence and sexual offences accounted for 38% of recorded crime. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 193 recorded crimes inside Hadston’s built-up area, and 71 reports of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 17.4 reports per 1,000, near Northumberland’s towns (16.8) and higher than England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
For every resident in work, Hadston has 0.2 jobs. Of the commuters living locally, 4% work in the town itself. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 29%, below Northumberland’s towns (34%) and England’s towns (45%) alike, and on top of that 15% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Line up the people of Hadston by age and the one in the middle is 46.4. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% of the town, lower than both Northumberland’s towns (9.4%) and England’s towns (12%). Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Hadston | Northumberland | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.4% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 7.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 22% | 29% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Northumberland and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadston | 2,713 | — | C | A | D | D |
| South Broomhill | 1,520 | 1.5 | — | B | C− | D |
| Amble | 5,852 | 2.8 | C− | B+ | C− | C |
| Warkworth | 1,412 | 3.4 | — | C | B+ | C+ |
| Widdrington Station | 2,495 | 3.8 | — | A | C | D |
| Felton | 1,270 | 4.4 | — | C+ | A+ | B− |
| Ellington | 2,131 | 5 | — | A− | B− | C− |
| Lynemouth | 1,685 | 5.8 | — | A | D | D |
South Broomhill, Warkworth, Widdrington Station, Felton, Ellington and Lynemouth have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £135,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £125,000, semi-detached houses £140,000 and detached houses £249,500.
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Town in Northumberland, England
Hadston is a built-up area of 2,713 people, in the Northumberland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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