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Morpeth Stobhill

Ward

South east Northumberland. About 4,690 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.7 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 44% of people in Morpeth Stobhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,574
2,381st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
44%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Morpeth Stobhill compares

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

Morpeth StobhillMiddle
Population69 wards, Northumberland · 2021
Population: every ward in Northumberland69 areas from 2,441 to 5,712. The middle area is 4,650. Morpeth Stobhill is 4,574.
4,57431st least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares69 wards, Northumberland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Northumberland69 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 50.0%. Morpeth Stobhill is 44.0%.
44%joint 31st fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage69 wards, Northumberland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Northumberland69 areas from 13.3% to 99.9%. The middle area is 91.9%. Morpeth Stobhill is 95.6%.
95.6%19th highest
Claimant rate69 wards, Northumberland · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Northumberland69 areas from 0.7% to 8.5%. The middle area is 2.4%. Morpeth Stobhill is 2.5%.
2.5%joint 31st highest

Is Morpeth Stobhill safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Morpeth Stobhill at a rate of 56.3 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 77.4 per 1,000 people across Northumberland.

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

In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Morpeth Stobhill.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (55), anti-social behaviour (42) and other crime (19).

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 Northumberland

These figures are published for the whole of Northumberland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Northumberland and not Morpeth Stobhill alone. See Northumberland

Average house price
£213,113
Up 4.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,721
147th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
5.6×
Joint 66th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.0
Joint 114th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Morpeth Stobhill in brief

Morpeth Stobhill had 4,574 usual residents at the census.

About 44% of people in Morpeth Stobhill live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Morpeth Stobhill, 95.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Morpeth Stobhill, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.