# Birtley Town in Gateshead, North East. Birtley is a town in Gateshead, North East. Median sale price £195,675 in 2025. Recorded crime 74.0 per 1,000 people. About 14,207 people. Town. Code E63000130. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) Birtley is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Birtley 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. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £195,675** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Birtley was £195,675 in 2025. 220th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,840** (2021). Birtley had 13,840 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 449th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 79%** (2022). About 79% of people in Birtley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.0%** (January 2026). In Birtley, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000130) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 79% of people in Birtley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000130) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 210 homes were sold in Birtley in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000130) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Birtley. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000130) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Birtley had 13,840 usual residents at the census. ## How Birtley compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Birtley | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £195,675 | 17th most expensive | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 13,840 | 22nd least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 79% | 14th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.0% | 11th lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Birtley safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Birtley at a rate of 74.0 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, 87 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Birtley. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (317), anti-social behaviour (221) and other crime (188). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Birtley was 99.0 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 Birtley, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Birtley has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Birtley | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gateshead 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008222) | 1,620 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% | | [Gateshead 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008223) | 1,852 | 113.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.8% | | [Gateshead 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008224) | 2,659 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.6% | | [Gateshead 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008172) | 1,725 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.1% | | [Gateshead 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008173) | 1,501 | 101.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% | | [Gateshead 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008174) | 2,142 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.7% | | [Gateshead 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008175) | 1,432 | 140.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 79.6% | | [Gateshead 026E](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008176) | 1,473 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.0% | ## Your MP - [Washington and Gateshead South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/washington-and-gateshead-south): Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) ## Postcode districts covering Birtley [DH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh3) ## Middle areas in Birtley [Birtley North & Kibblesworth](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/birtley-north-and-kibblesworth), [Birtley South](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/birtley-south) ## Towns near Birtley [Washington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/washington), [Chester-le-Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester-le-street), [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gateshead), [Shiney Row and Penshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shiney-row-and-penshaw), [Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) ## Birtley in brief Birtley is a town in Gateshead, North East. About 14,207 people lived in Birtley in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £195,675 in 2025 across 210 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Birtley was £195,675 in 2025. Birtley had 13,840 usual residents at the census. About 79% of people in Birtley live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Birtley, 90.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000130 - Constituency: [Washington and Gateshead South †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/washington-and-gateshead-south) - Council: [Gateshead †](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 5.78 km² - People, mid-2024: 14,207* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 45 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Chester-le-Street](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chester-le-street), [Washington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/washington), [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gateshead), [Shiney Row and Penshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shiney-row-and-penshaw), [Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) ## Latest updates for Birtley - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000130 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley#f-house-sales-median-price. 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