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Consett North

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North County Durham. About 5,829 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

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

Population
5,677
Joint 3,313th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
73.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Consett North compares

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

Consett NorthMiddle
Population51 wards, County Durham · 2021
Population: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 4,589 to 16,901. The middle area is 10,704. Consett North is 5,677.
5,67710th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares51 wards, County Durham · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 68.0%. Consett North is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage51 wards, County Durham · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 5.7% to 98.3%. The middle area is 90.9%. Consett North is 73.5%.
73.5%7th lowest
Claimant rate51 wards, County Durham · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in County Durham51 areas from 0.4% to 5.5%. The middle area is 2.9%. Consett North is 3.5%.
3.5%joint 20th highest

Is Consett North safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Consett North at a rate of 116.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 120.3 per 1,000 people across County Durham.

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

In August 2026 alone, 67 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Consett North.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (245), other crime (132) and anti-social behaviour (119).

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 County Durham

These figures are published for the whole of County Durham, not for each ward, so they describe all of County Durham and not Consett North alone. See County Durham

Average house price
£140,788
Up 4.9% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,436
23rd lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.2×
Joint 15th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.8
Joint 48th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Consett North in brief

Consett North had 5,677 usual residents at the census.

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

In Consett North, 73.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Consett North, 3.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.