New Brancepeth

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 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

55US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

65 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order5

Neighbourhood team: Durham (Ushaw Moor) · 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)

65 food businesses within 2 miles

• 56 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Durham (4.6 km)
• 17 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: 155.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Annand House (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds5

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 2 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

Mary Kelly Foy

Labour

City of Durham

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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised

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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

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 8%

11 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 City of Durham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership358 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership223 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England208 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide

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

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• Durham Academy, Ushaw Moor · 1.7 km

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• Broompark · 1.8 km

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