Newton Aycliffe

16°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

345 reported · July 2026▲ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences120
• Anti-social behaviour85
• Shoplifting28
• Criminal damage & arson26

14 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Newton Aycliffe Town Centre, Neville, Simpasture and Business Park · 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)

109 food businesses within 2 miles

• 85 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newton Aycliffe (1.0 km)
• 71 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Greenwell Road (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches18
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds19

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

Alan Strickland

Labour

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

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)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

65 jobs advertised · £38,395 avg

e.g. Mechanical fitter (Manual / CNC Machines), Online French Tutor - Part Time, Machine Operator

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Wind 26% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 12%

15 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 Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office373 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership363 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance334 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth265 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre · 0.3 km

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  Newton Aycliffe · 0.5 km

  Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, the town is 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north of Darlington and 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Durham. It is the olde…

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  Newton Aycliffe railway station · 1.0 km

  Newton Aycliffe is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 7 miles 4 chains (11.3 km) north-west of Darlington, serves the town…

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  Newton Aycliffe F.C. · 1.1 km

  Newton Aycliffe Football Club is an English football club based in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. The club's ground is Moore Lane Sports Club, known as The Ashcourt Stadium for the 2024/25 season for sponsorship rea…

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  ROF Aycliffe · 1.7 km

  ROF Aycliffe, was a Royal Ordnance Factory built on an 867-acre (3.51 km2) site off Heighington Lane, Aycliffe, County Durham, England during the early 1940s.

• Greenfield Academy · 1.7 km

  Greenfield Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located on the outskirts of Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England. It was opened in 1974 and was visited by Tony Blair on 30 June 2000 when…

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