County Durham

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:24

9h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom

• 5.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Crook (Willington) · Durham

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

438 reported road collisions (2025)

177 killed or seriously injured · 561 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£140,788 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£650 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £456
• 2 bed £579
• 3 bed £693

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

4.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.3 times median annual pay (3.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

7,126 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.2 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: DCC Park Street (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

522,068 residents in County Durham · 234/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,076
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,061
• Net moves+3,015

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,622 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 255,650)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

279 schools · 73,361 pupils

207 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 97 of 114 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

257 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

413 CQC-registered services

• Care homes145
• GP practices72
• Dentists86
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · County Durham

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

431 applications decided

95.1% granted · 410 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 50
• Oth 24

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

18,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

895 jobs advertised · £41,623 avg

e.g. Senior Project Manager, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Regional Showroom Sales Manager

Source: Adzuna

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,261 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 307,169 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.9 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in City of Durham:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England212 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks178 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth175 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills168 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases154 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Oakenshaw, County Durham · 0.8 km

  Oakenshaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north of Willington. In the 2001 census Oakenshaw had a population of 470.

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  Brancepeth railway station · 1.6 km

  Brancepeth railway station served the village of Brancepeth, County Durham, North East England from 1857 to 1964 on the Durham to Bishop Auckland Line.

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  Brancepeth Castle · 2.2 km

  Brancepeth Castle is a castle in the village of Brancepeth in County Durham, England, some 5 miles south-west of the city of Durham. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Brancepeth, County Durham · 2.2 km

  Brancepeth is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated about 8 km (5 mi) from Durham on the A690 road between Durham and Weardale. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 ce…

• Willington railway station (Durham) · 2.6 km

  Willington railway station served the town of Willington, County Durham, North East England from 1857 to 1964 on the Durham to Bishop Auckland Line.

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  Willington, County Durham · 2.6 km

  Willington is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greater Willington, in County Durham and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. Willington stands in the foothills of the Pennines and near the Riv…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)