Hartlepool

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• Today: 16° / 14° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

313 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences120
• Criminal damage & arson46
• Shoplifting33
• Burglary26

Neighbourhood team: Manor House · Cleveland

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

74 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

482 food businesses within 2 miles

• 450 rated 4–5 ★ (410 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hartlepool (2.4 km)
• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£130,271 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Hartlepool · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£556 average monthly rent▼ 0.5% YoY

• 1 bed £400
• 2 bed £507
• 3 bed £606

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (3.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (2.4 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Housing Hartlepool Front Car Park (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches50
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New recycling champion helps Hartlepool go greener· 10 Sept 2026
• Summer Reading Challenge champions rewarded as participation trebles· 10 Sept 2026
• Bestselling historical novelist Ben Kane brings epic Roman adventure to Hartlepool· 9 Sept 2026
• Street Food Carousel returns to Hartlepool· 9 Sept 2026
• Council’s clampdown on fraud pays off· 9 Sept 2026

Source: Hartlepool Council

92,339 residents in Hartlepool · 986/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

36% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,560 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 46,130)

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

43 schools · 14,800 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

39inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hartlepool

72 CQC-registered services

• Care homes27
• GP practices11
• Dentists14
• Homecare agencies11
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hartlepool

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

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

52 applications decided

92.3% granted · 48 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Ref 15
• Oth 7

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

424 jobs advertised · £38,172 avg

e.g. Registered Manager - Children's Homes, Maintenance Technician - Day Shift, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£667 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,080 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 · 55,843 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 51.2 women · 52.1 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hartlepool:

• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance549 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office453 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth282 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test227 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College · 0.3 km

  The English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College is a secondary school and sixth form college located in Hartlepool with academy status. English Martyrs is the only Catholic secondary school in Hartlepool. T…

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  West Hartlepool R.F.C. · 0.3 km

  West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club. The club's 1st XV plays in Regional 2 North in the sixth tier of the English rugby union system, its 2nd XV, West Hartlepool Stags plays in Counties…

• Hartlepool Sixth Form College · 0.7 km

  Hartlepool Sixth Form College, otherwise known as 'HSFC', is one of fewer than 100 specialist sixth form colleges in England.

• West Park, Hartlepool · 0.8 km

  West Park is a suburban area of Hartlepool, County Durham, in England. It is situated on the western fringes of Hartlepool.

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  Ward Jackson Park · 0.9 km

  Ward Jackson Park is a municipal park located in Hartlepool, England. It is named after Ralph Ward Jackson, a local industrialist, who founded West Hartlepool in the 19th century. In later life, Ward Jackson encounter…

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  Park Drive (cricket) · 1.0 km

  Park Drive is a cricket ground in Hartlepool, England. Although the ground used to host two or three Durham 1st XI matches each season between 1992 and 1997, the ground has not been used since for county matches.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)