South Tyneside

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 47% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:27

9h 16m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

• 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

326 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences90
• Shoplifting56
• Anti-social behaviour48
• Criminal damage & arson44

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Riverside and West Shields · Northumbria

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

150 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 173 casualties · 10.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

483 food businesses within 2 miles

• 421 rated 4–5 ★ (337 top)
• 16 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Simonside (0.7 km)
• 69 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£160,518 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across South Tyneside · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £776

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,572 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (9 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 22 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Simonside Outdoor Adventure (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

147,774 residents in South Tyneside · 2,294/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,011
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,708
• Net moves+303

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 35 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,434 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (63% of 73,010)

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

64 schools · 22,753 pupils

45 primary · 8 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

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

107 CQC-registered services

• Care homes34
• GP practices21
• Dentists20
• Homecare agencies17
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Tyneside

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

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

92 applications decided

91.3% granted · 84 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Emma Lewell

Labour

South Shields

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Grn 10
• Ref 40
• Oth 3

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£691 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,303 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 79,086 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Imports 40% · Nuclear 32% · Wind 28%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.8 women · 55.9 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

12 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NE34

• Marsden Medical Group
• Wenlock Road Surgery
• Talbot Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Shields:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England791 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth185 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules170 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients164 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND147 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

• West Harton · 0.5 km

  West Harton is an area of the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is primarily a residential area, with several schools and leisure facilities, including St Wilfrid's College and Brinkburn Recreation…

• Biddick Hall · 0.6 km

  Biddick Hall is an area in the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. Biddick Hall is known for its infant and junior school as well as its conveniences and shops. Biddick Hall is a medium-size council esta…

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  Simonside Metro station · 0.7 km

  Simonside is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of West Harton, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 17 March 2008.

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  Tyne Dock Metro station · 1.0 km

  Tyne Dock is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving South Tyneside Hospital and the suburb of Tyne Dock, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 24 March 1984, following the opening of the f…

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  South Tyneside · 1.2 km

  South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is bordered by all four other boroughs in Tyne and Wear: Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, North Tyneside to the north…

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  Brockley Whins Metro station · 1.3 km

  Brockley Whins is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Boldon Colliery and Brockley Whins, in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of t…

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