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Greatham (Hartlepool)

Greatham (Hartlepool) is a village in Durham, England. It has 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 4 restaurants and cafés, with 5 bus stops and Seaton Carew railway station 3 km away. There were around 22 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Greatham (Hartlepool) area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Hartlepool area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 92,339 residents at roughly 986 people per km².

Council
Hartlepool
County
Durham
Constituency
Hartlepool
Police force
Cleveland
33/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 269th of 294 English council areas — better than 9% of them.

Low crime2
Home affordability95
Affordable rents99
Good schools45
Life expectancy13
Low deprivation8
Employment22
Low council tax19

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

15°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 16° / 14° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:29

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Crime

40 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour9
  • Burglary4
  • Public order4

Neighbourhood team: Fens and Greatham · Cleveland

Local policing priorities

  • Tackling Rural Crime and Protecting Our Rural Communities
  • Reducing Anti-Social Behaviour in Our Communities linked to Parks and play areas

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

Road safety

74 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 107 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

106 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 101 rated 4–5 ★ (93 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Seaton Carew (3.0 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Seaton Carew (3.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£130,271 average 0.8% YoY

Across Hartlepool · to 2026-06

Detached£234,007
Semi-detached£141,502
Terraced£101,568
Flat£72,547

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£556 average monthly rent 0.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £400
  • 2 bed £507
  • 3 bed £606

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

Affordability

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (3.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

55 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Unit 12, Tofts Farm Industrial Estate, Brenda Road, Hartlepool (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

92,339 residents in Hartlepool · 986/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 25 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

36% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,560 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 46,130)

A £1,707
B £1,991
C £2,276
D £2,560
E £3,129
F £3,698
G £4,267
H £5,120

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

Schools

43 schools · 14,800 pupils

30 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 14 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

39inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Dyke House Sports and Technology CollegeOutstanding
  • Manor Community AcademyGood
  • St Hild's Church of England SchoolRequires improvement
  • English Martyrs Catholic School and Sixth Form College
  • High Tunstall College of Science

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hartlepool

Care & health services

72 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes27
  • GP practices11
  • Dentists14
  • Homecare agencies11
  • Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hartlepool

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Greatham)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

52 applications decided

92.3% granted · 48 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Jonathan Brash

Labour

Hartlepool

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Reform UK / Independent coalition

  • Lab 14
  • Ref 15
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

2,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

19 jobs advertised · £38,397 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Mechanical Engineering Opportunities, Process Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£667 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,080 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 55,843 certificates

10.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

44% low-carbon electricity

Imports 56% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 14% · Solar 14%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 51.2 women · 52.1 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hartlepool:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Greatham, County Durham · 0.1 km

    Greatham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish was taken in the 2011 census was 2,132. Greatham village is located approximately thre…

  • Hospital of God · 0.3 km

    The Hospital of God, Greatham, County Durham, was founded in 1273 by the then Bishop of Durham, Robert de Stichell. It was originally a foundation to aid poor people. By the sixteenth century the foundation was used m…

  • Greatham railway station · 1.0 km

    Greatham railway station served the village of Greatham in the Borough of Hartlepool, North East England, from 1841 to 1991 on what became the Durham Coast Line.

  • Fens Primary School · 1.3 km

    Fens Primary School is a mixed primary school and nursery located in the southern area of Hartlepool, County Durham, England. It is overseen by Hartlepool Local Education Authority. Around 430 children are educated in…

  • Teesside Refinery · 1.5 km

    The Teesside Refinery was an oil refinery and chemical plant situated just south of Seaton Carew on the River Tees in County Durham. In 2000, it was bought by Petroplus from ICI and Phillips Petroleum Company. Refinin…

  • Manor Community Academy · 1.7 km

    Manor Community Academy is a secondary school in the Owton Manor area of Hartlepool, County Durham. It is an academy school which caters for students aged 11 to 16. It is part of the Northern Education Trust. The scho…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Greatham (Hartlepool)?
Greatham (Hartlepool) is a town in Durham, England, in the Hartlepool local authority.
How deprived is Greatham (Hartlepool)?
The Hartlepool local authority, which includes Greatham (Hartlepool), is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.