Neighbourhood · Hartlepool · North East
Foggy Furze
Hartlepool 008 · 4 sub-areas · 6,137 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Solo renters (73/100)Watch-out: Families (49/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileResidential
Foggy Furze is a settled residential pocket of Hartlepool. The bigger gravitational centre is Leeds, around 113 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for.
Liveability
85/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Foggy Furze?
A snapshot of Foggy Furze
Day-to-day life sits close to greenery — a park or playing field is within easy walking distance of most addresses; Recorded crime is higher than the national norm — common for built-up urban areas, but worth weighing if you're looking for a quieter base; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £570 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 4 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Foggy Furze in Hartlepool
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Foggy Furze?
- The median monthly rent across Foggy Furze is £570.
- How safe is Foggy Furze?
- Foggy Furze has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Foggy Furze?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 20 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Foggy Furze?
- There are 17 schools within 2 km of Foggy Furze, of which 38% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 683 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Foggy Furze?
- The most common council tax band in Foggy Furze is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,803. Council tax is set by Hartlepool council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Foggy Furze to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Foggy Furze to central London is approximately 202 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Foggy Furze?
- 100% of premises in Foggy Furze are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Foggy Furze?
- Foggy Furze sits in IMD decile 2 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Foggy Furze?
- 54% of households in Foggy Furze are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Foggy Furze?
- The average property price across Hartlepool (the local authority covering Foggy Furze) is approximately £130,176, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Foggy Furze a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.34 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £28,830.)
- Which local areas are part of Foggy Furze?
- Foggy Furze contains 4 local areas: Hartlepool 008A, Hartlepool 008C, Hartlepool 008D, Hartlepool 008B.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Foggy Furze
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Foggy Furze?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Foggy Furze is £570. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Foggy Furze a safe place to live?
- Foggy Furze has a safety score of 15/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Foggy Furze?
- 38% of schools within 2 km of Foggy Furze are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Foggy Furze?
- Public-transport commute time from Foggy Furze to central London is approximately 202 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Foggy Furze different from the rest of Hartlepool?
- Foggy Furze contains 4 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Foggy Furze rank in Hartlepool?
- Foggy Furze scores 85/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in Hartlepool, see the Cities table on the Hartlepool page.
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