Washington

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• Today: 20° / 13° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

234 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences63
• Anti-social behaviour62
• Criminal damage & arson28
• Shoplifting23

4 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Washington · Northumbria

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)

287 food businesses within 2 miles

• 241 rated 4–5 ★ (218 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: South Hylton (4.4 km)
• 59 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.4 km)

34 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

109 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Galleries Shopping Centre (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches47
• Playgrounds10

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

• In a conservation area (Washington Village)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 13 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

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés53

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

174 jobs advertised · £35,394 avg

e.g. Customer Service Advisor, Customer Service Representative, Call Centre Agent

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 57% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 14% · Biomass 12%

17 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 Washington and Gateshead South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England864 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office428 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s373 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test263 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Washington, Tyne and Wear · 0.2 km

  Washington is a town in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the local Washington family, from which the first president of the Unit…

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  Washington Old Hall · 0.3 km

  Washington Old Hall is a historic manor house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies in the centre of Washington, being surrounded by other villages. The building was the ancestral home of the family of George…

• Columbia, Tyne and Wear · 0.5 km

  Columbia is one of the village subdivisions of the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England.

• Washington Academy, Sunderland · 1.0 km

  Washington Academy is a co-educational secondary school in Washington in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington · 1.0 km

  M The Galleries is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.

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  Washington railway station (England) · 1.0 km

  Washington railway station served the town of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England from 1835 to 1963, initially on the Stanhope & Tyne Railway and later the Leamside line.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)