Bishop Auckland

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• Today: 20° / 10° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:33

13h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

309 reported · July 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences90
• Anti-social behaviour82
• Criminal damage & arson33
• Shoplifting23

11 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Bishop Auckland (Town Central) · Durham

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

452 reported road collisions (2024)

180 killed or seriously injured · 584 casualties · 8.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

227 food businesses within 2 miles

• 177 rated 4–5 ★ (139 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bishop Auckland (0.2 km)
• 62 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£138,148 average▲ 7% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£645 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £453
• 2 bed £574
• 3 bed £688

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

4.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.3 times median annual pay (3.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (0.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (0.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Bishop Auckland (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches27
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

522,068 residents in County Durham · 234/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 65 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,622 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (56% of 255,650)

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

280 schools · 73,802 pupils

208 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 99 of 116 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

259inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

415 CQC-registered services

• Care homes146
• GP practices73
• Dentists87
• Homecare agencies65
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 95% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · County Durham

• In a conservation area (Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 96 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

393 applications decided

93.1% granted · 366 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sam Rushworth

Labour

Bishop Auckland

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 55
• Oth 20

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés48

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

404 jobs advertised · £38,333 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,261 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 · 307,169 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 71% · Nuclear 19% · Solar 7% · Biomass 4%

5 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.4 women · 55.9 men

69% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bishop Auckland:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office409 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership334 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s265 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England241 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide

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

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  Bishop Auckland Hospital · 0.1 km

  Bishop Auckland Hospital is a small NHS district general hospital serving the western part of County Durham, with a primarily rural catchment area centred on the Wear Valley. The hospital is managed by the County Durh…

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  Bishop Auckland railway station · 0.2 km

  Bishop Auckland is a railway station that serves the market town of Bishop Auckland, in County Durham, England. It lies 11 miles 77 chains (19.3 km) north-west of Darlington. The station is the Western terminus of the…

• Auckland Park Hospital · 0.4 km

  Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland provides psychiatric care to the elderly. It is managed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.

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  King James I Academy · 0.7 km

  King James I Academy is a medium size academy school and sixth form centre for mixed gender aged 11–18 in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham in northeast England. It traces its history to the early 17th cent…

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  Bishop Auckland · 0.8 km

  Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Darlington and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of…

• Bishop Barrington Academy · 0.9 km

  Bishop Barrington Academy is a co-educational secondary school located in the town of Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)