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Hurworth-on-Tees

Hurworth-on-Tees is a town in Durham, England. It has around 1 restaurant and café, and the nearest railway station is Darlington, 3.8 km away. There were around 21 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Hurworth-on-Tees area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Darlington area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 107,801 residents at roughly 546 people per km².

Council
Darlington
County
Durham
Constituency
Sedgefield
Police force
Durham
44/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 185th of 294 English council areas — better than 37% of them.

Low crime17
Home affordability90
Affordable rents94
Good schools62
Life expectancy18
Low deprivation35
Employment38
Low council tax33

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 64% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:23

9h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stockton-on-Tees Eaglescliffe, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

18 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences8
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Darlington (East Villages) · Durham

Local policing priorities

  • Excessive Speeding through Villages
  • Off Road Bikes

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

Road safety

137 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

43 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 38 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Darlington (3.8 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Darlington (3.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£159,770 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Darlington · to 2026-08

Detached£277,876
Semi-detached£176,173
Terraced£130,904
Flat£97,138

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£689 average monthly rent▲ 6.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £496
  • 2 bed £629
  • 3 bed £766

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

5.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.3 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,633 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (5.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (5.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Rockliffe Hall (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

107,801 residents in Darlington · 546/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 61%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,349
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,297
  • Net moves+1,052

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 103 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,494 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (43% of 53,800)

A £1,663
B £1,940
C £2,217
D £2,494
E £3,048
F £3,602
G £4,156
H £4,988

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

Schools

48 schools · 16,037 pupils

29 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Haughton AcademyGood
  • Hummersknott AcademyGood
  • Hurworth SchoolGood
  • St Aidan's Church of England AcademyGood
  • Wyvern AcademyGood
  • Carmel College
  • Longfield Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Darlington

Care & health services

101 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes32
  • GP practices12
  • Dentists24
  • Homecare agencies20
  • Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Darlington

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 43 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

107 applications decided

96.3% granted · 103 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Matt Vickers

Conservative

Stockton West

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 23
  • Con 13
  • LD 2
  • Grn 6
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,255 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£705 median full-time weekly pay

3.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,587 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,960 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

61% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 27%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.1 yrs women · 78.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.6 women · 58.6 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.6
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Health services

11 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DL2

  • Rockliffe Court Surgery
  • Gainford Surgery
  • Middleton And Dinsdale Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockton West:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Hurworth-on-Tees · 0.2 km

    Hurworth-on-Tees is a village in the borough of Darlington, within the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated in the civil parish of Hurworth. The village lies to the south of Darlington on the Ri…

  • Old Hall, Hurworth-on-Tees · 0.2 km

    The Old Hall is situated on Hurworth Green, in the village of Hurworth-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is number 50 on The Green. Built in the mid-18th century, with 19th century modifications and additions, the…

  • Hurworth House School · 0.2 km

    Hurworth House School was a non-selective independent school located in Hurworth-on-Tees, in the borough of Darlington, England. There were approximately 130 pupils on the school roll, aged 4–16, as of July 2010.

  • Hurworth Grange Community Centre · 0.7 km

    Hurworth Grange Community Centre is a building in the village of Hurworth-on-Tees, Durham, England. Built in 1875, it has had a long and varied history, from private residence of a wealthy Quaker banking family to its…

  • Hurworth School · 0.7 km

    Hurworth School is an coeducational secondary school located on Croft Road, Hurworth-on-Tees, in the borough of Darlington, England. It is part of the Swift Academies Multi Academy Trust. It is an over-subscribed 5 fo…

  • Hurworth Place · 1.2 km

    Hurworth Place is a village in County Durham, in England. It lies south of Darlington on the northern bank of the River Tees, opposite the village of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire to which it is linked by Croft Bri…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Hurworth-on-Tees?
Hurworth-on-Tees is a town in Durham, England, in the Darlington local authority.
How deprived is Hurworth-on-Tees?
The Darlington local authority, which includes Hurworth-on-Tees, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.