Sunderland

14°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m 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

55 reported · July 2026▼ 34% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Violence & sexual offences9
• Burglary5

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Houghton · Northumbria

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

335 reported road collisions (2024)

68 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

232 food businesses within 2 miles

• 206 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: South Hylton (2.9 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,216 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £769

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 (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

26 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

124 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Herrington Country Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

274,175 residents in Sunderland · 1,995/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 33 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 134,620)

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

125 schools · 41,439 pupils

81 primary · 16 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 45 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

116inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

• Within the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

151 applications decided

89.4% granted · 135 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

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

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,052 jobs advertised · £39,983 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Technician, Nursery Practitioner Level 3

Source: Adzuna

£655 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,252 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 · 173,812 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.3 women · 56.4 men

77% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Houghton and Sunderland South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,367 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth488 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office457 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases420 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Offerton, Tyne and Wear · 0.8 km

  Offerton is a hamlet in the Sunderland district of Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Sunderland city centre.

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  Herrington Country Park · 0.8 km

  ‘’‘Herrington Country Park’’’ is a country park and open public space in Herrington, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Located adjacent to Penshaw Monument, the park was built on the site of a former colliery. The park has d…

• Hastings Hill · 1.1 km

  Hastings Hill is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Herrington · 1.4 km

  Herrington is an area in the south of Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England, historically in County Durham.

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  Houghton and Washington East · 1.5 km

  Houghton and Washington East was, from 1997 until 2010, a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post s…

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  Penshaw Monument · 1.5 km

  The Penshaw Monument is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England. It is located near the village of Penshaw, between…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)