Northumberland: local statistics
Northumberland is a unitary authority in the North East, home to an estimated 333,975 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 Northumberland, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
Homes in Northumberland sold for an average of £212,563 in July 2026, up 7.3% on July 2025. That is the highest in the North East (regional average £166,943). Prices are 45% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 5.6 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Northumberland. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio of all 12 council areas in the North East.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Northumberland was £732.50 in April 2025, or £37,721 over a year. That is 5.8% above the figure for the North East and the highest in the North East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £692.20, £40.30 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £480.00, so it has risen 53% before inflation.
The claimant count for Northumberland stood at 5,465 in August 2026, or 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.7% in the North East. That compares with 2.7% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 4.6% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.7% in November 2025.
In the year to March 2026, 22,969 offences were recorded by police in Northumberland: 68.8 per 1,000 people, the lowest rate in the North East. A year earlier it was 71.3. The highest rate in the series was 79.9, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in Northumberland is 83.2 years for women and 79.1 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.7 years for women and -0.2 for men. It is the highest for women in the North East.
13,790 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Northumberland in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 41 per 1,000 residents, the highest in the North East.
Average Band D council tax in Northumberland is £2,596.94 for 2026-27, up £132.31 on 2025-26. That makes it the 3rd highest in the North East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,656.89.
In mid-2025 the population of Northumberland was estimated at 333,975, up 1.0% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.3%; the North East grew by 5.8% over the same years, the 5th fastest growth of all 12 council areas in the North East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 72.8% of Northumberland residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.2 points either way, against 71.8% across the North East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 68.3% to 73.9%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 314,188 |
| 2016 | 314,327 |
| 2017 | 315,663 |
| 2018 | 316,153 |
| 2019 | 318,027 |
| 2020 | 318,490 |
| 2021 | 321,532 |
| 2022 | 324,293 |
| 2023 | 327,366 |
| 2024 | 330,615 |
| 2025 | 333,975 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £146,155 |
| July 2017 | £147,047 |
| July 2018 | £151,154 |
| July 2019 | £148,831 |
| July 2020 | £151,831 |
| July 2021 | £172,051 |
| July 2022 | £181,278 |
| July 2023 | £186,884 |
| July 2024 | £191,392 |
| July 2025 | £198,107 |
| July 2026 | £212,563 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £480.00 a week |
| 2016 | £487.80 a week |
| 2017 | £520.10 a week |
| 2018 | £509.00 a week |
| 2019 | £535.80 a week |
| 2020 | £548.60 a week |
| 2021 | £572.10 a week |
| 2022 | £601.00 a week |
| 2023 | £655.60 a week |
| 2024 | £690.20 a week |
| 2025 | £732.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,656.89 |
| 2017-18 | £1,737.19 |
| 2018-19 | £1,827.39 |
| 2019-20 | £1,915.42 |
| 2020-21 | £1,985.39 |
| 2021-22 | £2,055.44 |
| 2022-23 | £2,142.14 |
| 2023-24 | £2,247.63 |
| 2024-25 | £2,355.31 |
| 2025-26 | £2,464.63 |
| 2026-27 | £2,596.94 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 46.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 60.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 78.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 79.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 76.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 67.2 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 70.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 75.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 75.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 71.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 68.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 73.9% |
| 2016/17 | 70.5% |
| 2017/18 | 73.0% |
| 2018/19 | 72.4% |
| 2019/20 | 73.1% |
| 2020/21 | 70.3% |
| 2021/22 | 70.9% |
| 2022/23 | 70.1% |
| 2023/24 | 70.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68.3% |
| 2025/26 | 72.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.6 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.7 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 13,185 |
| 2017 | 13,435 |
| 2018 | 13,410 |
| 2019 | 13,475 |
| 2020 | 13,525 |
| 2021 | 13,620 |
| 2022 | 13,670 |
| 2023 | 13,660 |
| 2024 | 13,625 |
| 2025 | 13,580 |
| 2026 | 13,790 |
Questions about Northumberland
What is the average house price in Northumberland?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £212,563.
What is the average salary in Northumberland?
£732.50 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Northumberland?
The ONS claimant count was 5,465 in August 2026, 2.9% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Northumberland?
Home Office figures show 22,969 offences in the year to March 2026, or 68.8 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Northumberland?
83.2 years for women and 79.1 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Northumberland?
£2,596.94 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Northumberland?
333,975 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Northumberland
Every body that makes decisions for Northumberland, 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
- Northumberland council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Northumberland 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
- Blyth and Ashington: Ian Lavery (Labour) MP
- Cramlington and Killingworth: Emma Foody (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Hexham: Joe Morris (Labour) MP
- North Northumberland: David Smith (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 · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the North East: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Newcastle upon Tyne · North Tyneside · Stockton-on-Tees · Sunderland
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