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Marton East

Ward

South east Middlesbrough. About 7,182 people in 2.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 17% of people in Marton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
6,071
3,661st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
17%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Marton East compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Marton EastMiddle
Population20 wards, Middlesbrough · 2021
Population: every ward in Middlesbrough20 areas from 3,265 to 11,502. The middle area is 6,438. Marton East is 6,071.
6,0718th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares20 wards, Middlesbrough · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Middlesbrough20 areas from 0.0% to 52.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Marton East is 17.0%.
17%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage20 wards, Middlesbrough · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Middlesbrough20 areas from 73.1% to 99.8%. The middle area is 97.8%. Marton East is 95.1%.
95.1%6th lowest
Claimant rate20 wards, Middlesbrough · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Middlesbrough20 areas from 1.1% to 9.1%. The middle area is 5.1%. Marton East is 2.2%.
2.2%4th lowest

Is Marton East safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Marton East at a rate of 62.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 190.9 per 1,000 people across Middlesbrough.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 55 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Marton East.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (152), anti-social behaviour (127) and other crime (80).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Middlesbrough

These figures are published for the whole of Middlesbrough, not for each ward, so they describe all of Middlesbrough and not Marton East alone. See Middlesbrough

Average house price
£140,909
Up 3.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£35,177
68th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.0×
Joint 8th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
40.0
2nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Marton East in brief

Marton East had 6,071 usual residents at the census.

About 17% of people in Marton East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Marton East, 95.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Marton East, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.