Neighbourhood · Hartlepool · North East
Old Town & Grange
Hartlepool 007 · 5 sub-areas · 7,752 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Solo renters (69/100)Watch-out: Families (41/100)Liveability 85/100 · Top quartileResidential
Old Town & Grange is a settled residential pocket of Hartlepool. The bigger gravitational centre is Leeds, around 106 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 Old Town & Grange?
A snapshot of Old Town & Grange
2 parks are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; evenings out lean to pub culture rather than restaurants — 10 pubs sit within five minutes of most homes; 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 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Old Town & Grange in Hartlepool
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Old Town & Grange?
- The median monthly rent across Old Town & Grange is £570.
- How safe is Old Town & Grange?
- Old Town & Grange 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 Old Town & Grange?
- 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 13 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Old Town & Grange?
- There are 17 schools within 2 km of Old Town & Grange, of which 42% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 806 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Old Town & Grange?
- The most common council tax band in Old Town & Grange is A, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,773. Council tax is set by Hartlepool council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Old Town & Grange to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Old Town & Grange to central London is approximately 195 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 Old Town & Grange?
- 100% of premises in Old Town & Grange are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Old Town & Grange?
- Old Town & Grange sits in IMD decile 1 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 Old Town & Grange?
- 40% of households in Old Town & Grange 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 Old Town & Grange?
- The average property price across Hartlepool (the local authority covering Old Town & Grange) 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 Old Town & Grange 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 Old Town & Grange?
- Old Town & Grange contains 5 local areas: Hartlepool 007D, Hartlepool 007A, Hartlepool 007C, Hartlepool 007B, Hartlepool 007E.
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Frequently asked about Old Town & Grange
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Old Town & Grange?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Old Town & Grange 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 Old Town & Grange a safe place to live?
- Old Town & Grange has a safety score of 1/100. 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 Old Town & Grange?
- 42% of schools within 2 km of Old Town & Grange are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Old Town & Grange?
- Public-transport commute time from Old Town & Grange to central London is approximately 195 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Old Town & Grange different from the rest of Hartlepool?
- Old Town & Grange contains 5 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 Old Town & Grange rank in Hartlepool?
- Old Town & Grange 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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