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North Tyneside

North Tyneside is a town or village in Tyne & Wear, England. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, and around 15 restaurants and cafés, with 47 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Northumberland Park, 0.9 km away. There were around 154 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly shoplifting. Covers 8 towns with local open-data for the whole authority.

On deprivation, North Tyneside is around the average in England (IoD2025). It is home to around 208,967 residents at roughly 2,539 people per km².

47/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 172nd of 294 English council areas — better than 41% of them.

Low crime39
Home affordability87
Affordable rents84
Good schools27
Life expectancy24
Low deprivation49
Employment48
Low council tax43

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 9° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:21

9h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

106 reported · August 2026▼ 13% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Anti-social behaviour23
  • Shoplifting20
  • Criminal damage & arson10

6 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Whitley Bay · Northumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime

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

Road safety

210 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 10 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

259 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 229 rated 4–5 ★ (202 top)
  • 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Northumberland Park (0.9 km)
  • 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Northumberland Park (Tyne and Wear) (0.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£205,554 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-08

Detached£379,016
Semi-detached£234,089
Terraced£203,622
Flat£120,567

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£857 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

  • 1 bed £590
  • 2 bed £736
  • 3 bed £905

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

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,824 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (7.3 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

117 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Cobalt Offices (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches9
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

208,967 residents in North Tyneside · 2,539/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,693
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,248
  • Net moves+1,445

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 145 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 102,020)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,924

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

Schools

83 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 28 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Whitley Bay High SchoolOutstanding
  • Burnside CollegeGood
  • George Stephenson High SchoolGood
  • Longbenton High SchoolGood
  • Norham High SchoolGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolGood
  • John Spence Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Churchill Academy
  • Marden High School
  • Monkseaton High School
  • North Gosforth Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Tyneside

Care & health services

165 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists33
  • Homecare agencies45
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Tyneside

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

176 applications decided

96% granted · 169 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Emma Foody

Labour (Co-op)

Cramlington and Killingworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 35
  • Con 8
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools6
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés20

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

5,460 jobs advertised · £41,561 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Vehicle Technician / MOT Tester, Senior Nursery Room Leader

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,741 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 102,668 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.6 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Health services

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NE27

  • Northumberland Park Medical Group
  • 1 To 1 Centre
  • Northumberland Community Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cramlington and Killingworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • West Allotment · 0.3 km

    West Allotment is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside. Prior to 1974 it was part of Northumberland. It is located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) inland of Whitley Bay and approximately 3 miles (4.8…

  • Prospect Hill railway station · 0.4 km

    Prospect Hill railway station served the town of Shiremoor, Tyne and Wear, England from 1847 to 1864 on the Blyth and Tyne Railway.

  • Cobalt Park · 0.7 km

    Cobalt Park is a business park located in North Tyneside, England. It is one of the largest business parks in the United Kingdom.

  • Northumberland Park station (Tyne and Wear) · 0.8 km

    Northumberland Park is a multimodal transport hub with both a Tyne and Wear Metro station and a National Rail station, serving the village of Backworth and suburbs of Northumberland Park and West Allotment, as well as…

  • Northumberland Park, Tyne and Wear · 0.8 km

    Northumberland Park is a place in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside. Although built as an individual settlement along the A19 road, it is often referred to as being part of Shiremoor. There are two main housi…

  • Backworth railway station · 0.9 km

    Backworth was a railway station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway, serving the village of Backworth, in the borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened, as Hotspur, on 27 June 1864, along with the Bly…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)