WRIGHT STREET, NE24 1HB House Prices & Local Information

NE24 1HB is an up-and-coming urban area on Wright Street, 0.7km from Blyth, North in Blyth (Northumberland). Administratively it sits within Croft ward and the Blyth Valley constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NE24 1HB is a family-oriented neighbourhood with a mix of housing types. The daytime character shifts — low density wholesale and retail in mostly white areas, often on urban fringe or close to transport nodes. The 43 average age reflects a mixed, mid-career community — settling down but not yet slowing down. 37% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 22% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime rates are high (160 per 1,000 residents) — commercial zones and transport hubs in the vicinity contribute to these figures. Property: With prices averaging £56k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 55.1% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NE24 1HB are sourced from Output Area E00139513 (shared with 54 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.