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Billingham

Town

Town in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

Billingham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Billingham add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

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Radon Affected Area by town

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Billingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£146,000
Joint 43rd cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
33,917
327th most populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Billingham compares

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

BillinghamMiddle
Median sale price60 towns, North East · 2025
Median sale price: every town in North East60 areas from £75,000 to £478,000. The middle area is £161,500. Billingham is £146,000.
£146,000joint 18th cheapest
Population60 towns, North East · 2021
Population: every town in North East60 areas from 7,544 to 286,472. The middle area is 20,076. Billingham is 33,917.
33,91716th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 towns, North East · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every town in North East60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 38.0%. Billingham is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 towns, North East · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every town in North East60 areas from 17.0% to 98.8%. The middle area is 94.2%. Billingham is 95.4%.
95.4%19th highest

Is Billingham safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Billingham at a rate of 106.7 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East.

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

In August 2026 alone, 343 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Billingham.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,253), other crime (614) and anti-social behaviour (547).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Billingham was 105.8 per 1,000 people.

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.

Deprivation in Billingham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Billingham has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in Billingham

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Stockton-on-Tees 001A1,39972.9 per 1,000798.3%
Stockton-on-Tees 001B1,50331.9 per 1,000999.9%
Stockton-on-Tees 001C1,35137.7 per 1,0008100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 001D1,27931.4 per 1,0009100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 001E1,180169.8 per 1,000593.8%
Stockton-on-Tees 001F2,45467.3 per 1,000998.6%
Stockton-on-Tees 002A1,778138.2 per 1,0002100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 002B1,20342.4 per 1,000899.4%
Stockton-on-Tees 002C1,39371.5 per 1,000999.8%
Stockton-on-Tees 002D1,56756.0 per 1,0002100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 002E1,701274.3 per 1,000289.5%
Stockton-on-Tees 002F1,68796.2 per 1,0002100.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 003A1,52881.1 per 1,000399.9%
Stockton-on-Tees 003B1,345186.9 per 1,000165.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 003C1,545140.6 per 1,000299.8%
Stockton-on-Tees 003D1,217251.2 per 1,000193.4%
Stockton-on-Tees 003E1,193106.1 per 1,000296.1%
Stockton-on-Tees 003F1,538162.5 per 1,000199.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 004A1,185140.7 per 1,000296.0%
Stockton-on-Tees 004B1,66451.4 per 1,000590.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 004C1,526119.7 per 1,000499.2%
Stockton-on-Tees 004D1,264163.2 per 1,000290.9%
Stockton-on-Tees 005A1,31783.3 per 1,000997.8%

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Postcode districts covering Billingham2

Middle areas in Billingham4

Towns near Billingham6

Billingham in brief

Billingham is a town in Stockton-on-Tees, North East.

About 34,635 people lived in Billingham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £146,000 in 2025 across 461 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Billingham was £146,000 in 2025.

Billingham had 33,917 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Billingham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Billingham, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.