Hartlepool: local statistics
Hartlepool is a unitary authority in the North East, home to an estimated 99,656 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hartlepool, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Hartlepool was £136,894 in July 2026, a rise of 5.5% in twelve months. It ranks as the lowest of the 12 council areas in the North East (regional average £166,943). This July figure is the highest in the series, 38% up on July 2016. The average price is 4.3 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Hartlepool. That ratio is the 3rd lowest ratio of the 12 council areas in the North East.
A girl born in Hartlepool in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 80.3 years and a boy 77.3 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -1.3 years for women and -0.3 for men. It is the lowest for women of the 12 council areas in the North East.
2,810 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Hartlepool in March 2026, 4% fewer than in 2016. That is 28 for every 1,000 residents, the 3rd lowest of the 12 council areas in the North East.
The police recorded 132.2 crimes per 1,000 residents in Hartlepool in the year to March 2026 (13,174 offences in all), the 2nd highest rate in the North East. The rate was 135.1 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 88.1 to 147.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
The median full-time employee living in Hartlepool was paid £666.60 a week before tax in April 2025, or £31,871 over a year. It is the 3rd lowest in the North East, and 3.7% less than across the North East. Jobs based in Hartlepool paid almost the same: a median £671.20 a week. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £495.70: a change of +34% before inflation.
Hartlepool had an estimated 99,656 residents in mid-2025, up 1.8% on a year earlier. That is 7,531 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 8.2% (the North East: +5.8%). That is the 3rd fastest growth in the North East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The claimant count for Hartlepool stood at 2,630 in August 2026, or 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the North East: 3.7%). Twelve months before, it was 4.5%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 4.3% (December 2025) and 7.0% (August 2021).
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 65.7% of Hartlepool residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 4.6 points either way; the figure for the North East was 71.8%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 63.1% to 70.2%.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Hartlepool is £2,560.20, up £61.67 on 2025-26. It is 5th of 12 in the North East, counting from the highest. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,757.20.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 92,125 |
| 2016 | 92,260 |
| 2017 | 92,306 |
| 2018 | 92,288 |
| 2019 | 92,401 |
| 2020 | 92,202 |
| 2021 | 92,575 |
| 2022 | 94,058 |
| 2023 | 95,717 |
| 2024 | 97,868 |
| 2025 | 99,656 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £99,093 |
| July 2017 | £101,284 |
| July 2018 | £97,966 |
| July 2019 | £101,926 |
| July 2020 | £98,672 |
| July 2021 | £116,313 |
| July 2022 | £126,039 |
| July 2023 | £122,283 |
| July 2024 | £120,679 |
| July 2025 | £129,774 |
| July 2026 | £136,894 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £495.70 a week |
| 2016 | £478.00 a week |
| 2017 | £502.30 a week |
| 2018 | £510.10 a week |
| 2019 | £547.20 a week |
| 2020 | £552.50 a week |
| 2021 | £574.50 a week |
| 2022 | £592.00 a week |
| 2023 | £621.00 a week |
| 2024 | £648.20 a week |
| 2025 | £666.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,757.20 |
| 2017-18 | £1,835.05 |
| 2018-19 | £1,925.10 |
| 2019-20 | £2,014.58 |
| 2020-21 | £2,091.81 |
| 2021-22 | £2,098.72 |
| 2022-23 | £2,196.67 |
| 2023-24 | £2,307.01 |
| 2024-25 | £2,380.35 |
| 2025-26 | £2,498.53 |
| 2026-27 | £2,560.20 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 88.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 97.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 116.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 129.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 132.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 118.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 127.9 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 147.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 139.5 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 135.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 132.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 63.9% |
| 2016/17 | 63.4% |
| 2017/18 | 63.1% |
| 2018/19 | 64.3% |
| 2019/20 | 67.7% |
| 2020/21 | 66.0% |
| 2021/22 | 68.2% |
| 2022/23 | 70.2% |
| 2023/24 | 68.1% |
| 2024/25 | 65.4% |
| 2025/26 | 65.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 80.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 80.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 79.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 80.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,925 |
| 2017 | 2,975 |
| 2018 | 2,880 |
| 2019 | 2,865 |
| 2020 | 2,865 |
| 2021 | 2,835 |
| 2022 | 2,790 |
| 2023 | 2,745 |
| 2024 | 2,735 |
| 2025 | 2,750 |
| 2026 | 2,810 |
Questions about Hartlepool
What is the average house price in Hartlepool?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £136,894.
What is life expectancy in Hartlepool?
80.3 years for women and 77.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Hartlepool?
Home Office figures show 13,174 offences in the year to March 2026, or 132.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Hartlepool?
£666.60 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the population of Hartlepool?
The ONS estimates 99,656 people lived in Hartlepool in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hartlepool?
2,630 in August 2026 (4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
How much is Band D council tax in Hartlepool?
£2,560.20 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Hartlepool
Every body that makes decisions for Hartlepool, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hartlepool council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hartlepool in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hartlepool: Mr Jonathan Brash (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North East
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the North East: Darlington · Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Redcar and Cleveland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-Tees
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