South Tyneside

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 13° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:25

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

315 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences101
• Shoplifting57
• Anti-social behaviour51
• Criminal damage & arson39

Neighbourhood team: Riverside and West Shields · Northumbria

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

175 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 422 rated 4–5 ★ (330 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£161,372 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across South Tyneside · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£737 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £516
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £769

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (0.9 km)

39 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 26 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

62inspected 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: 97% 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)

108 applications decided

79.6% granted · 86 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

72% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Imports 28% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 8%

11 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 England781 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership281 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)