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Seaton Delaval

Town

Town in Northumberland, North East.

Seaton Delaval is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Seaton Delaval 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 22% of people in Seaton Delaval live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£180,000
Joint 139th cheapest of 1,092
Worked out by Open Index
Population
8,012
59th least populated of 1,209
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
22%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
91.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How Seaton Delaval compares

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

Seaton DelavalMiddle
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. Seaton Delaval is £180,000.
£180,000joint 21st most expensive
Population60 towns, North East · 2021
Population: every town in North East60 areas from 7,544 to 286,472. The middle area is 20,076. Seaton Delaval is 8,012.
8,0124th least 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%. Seaton Delaval is 22.0%.
22%25th 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%. Seaton Delaval is 91.5%.
91.5%19th lowest

Is Seaton Delaval safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Seaton Delaval at a rate of 91.9 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, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Seaton Delaval.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (258), violence and sexual offences (188) and other crime (124).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Seaton Delaval was 97.1 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 Seaton Delaval, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Seaton Delaval has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in Seaton Delaval

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Northumberland 030D1,30247.1 per 1,000888.2%
Northumberland 030E1,35086.6 per 1,000396.8%
Northumberland 032A1,491220.5 per 1,000388.0%
Northumberland 032B2,57874.5 per 1,000689.1%
Northumberland 032C1,29036.3 per 1,000697.6%

Your MP

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Council1

Postcode districts covering Seaton Delaval1

Middle areas in Seaton Delaval1

Towns near Seaton Delaval6

Seaton Delaval in brief

Seaton Delaval is a town in Northumberland, North East.

About 8,106 people lived in Seaton Delaval in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 125 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in Seaton Delaval was £180,000 in 2025.

Seaton Delaval had 8,012 usual residents at the census.

About 22% of people in Seaton Delaval live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Seaton Delaval, 91.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.