Middleton St George

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:24

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

• 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

27 reported · August 2026▼ 13% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour10
• Violence & sexual offences9
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Drugs2

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Darlington (East Villages) · Durham

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

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)

54 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Dinsdale (0.3 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£159,770 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Darlington · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · BP (5.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (5.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Vasstech LTD-Darlington (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

107,801 residents in Darlington · 546/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£2,494 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Darlington

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

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

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

107 applications decided

96.3% granted · 103 granted, 4 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Matt Vickers

Conservative

Stockton West

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,255 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £34,067 avg

e.g. Residential Support Worker Childrens Services Bank, Residential Support Worker - Childrens Services, Teacher of Mathematics - Oldmachar Academy - ABC13992

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

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

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

• 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

11 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in DL2

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

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stockton West:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth272 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Ban balloon releases159 local signatures · 17,273 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK158 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills154 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND138 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Dinsdale railway station · 0.3 km

  Dinsdale is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 3 miles 65 chains (6.1 km) east of Darlington, serves the village of Middlet…

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  Middleton St George · 0.5 km

  Middleton St George is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, in the north east of England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Da…

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  Fighting Cocks railway station · 0.6 km

  Fighting Cocks railway station was a railway station on the original route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), which served the villages of Middleton St George and Low Dinsdale in County Durham, as well as th…

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  Morton Palms · 1.4 km

  Morton Palms is a civil parish in the Darlington district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 32. The parish borders Barmpton, Great Burdon, Hurworth, Middleton St. Geo…

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  Middleton One Row · 1.5 km

  Middleton One Row is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Darlington. The village was originally devel…

• Dinsdale Park · 1.5 km

  Dinsdale Park is a 19th-century mansion and former Spa hotel at Low Dinsdale, near Darlington, County Durham, England now converted into residential apartments. It is a Grade II listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)