Greatham (Hartlepool)

17°CSunny

• Today: 20° / 13° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:26

12h 52m 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 · Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

40 reported · July 2026▲ 3% YoY

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

Neighbourhood team: Fens and Greatham · Cleveland

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

74 reported road collisions (2024)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

106 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£130,271 average▲ 0.8% YoY

Across Hartlepool · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• 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

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

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• New recycling champion helps Hartlepool go greener· 10 Sept 2026
• Summer Reading Challenge champions rewarded as participation trebles· 10 Sept 2026
• Bestselling historical novelist Ben Kane brings epic Roman adventure to Hartlepool· 9 Sept 2026
• Street Food Carousel returns to Hartlepool· 9 Sept 2026
• Council’s clampdown on fraud pays off· 9 Sept 2026

Source: Hartlepool Council

92,339 residents in Hartlepool · 986/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,560 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Hartlepool

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

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

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

52 applications decided

92.3% granted · 48 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Jonathan Brash

Labour

Hartlepool

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK / Independent coalition

• Lab 14
• Ref 15
• Oth 7

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

2,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £38,397 avg

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

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 12% · Biomass 10%

13 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hartlepool:

• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance549 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office453 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership320 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth282 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test227 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  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…

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  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…

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  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

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  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…

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  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…

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