Washington

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:25

9h 12m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

• 5.4 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

167 reported · August 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour40
• Shoplifting18
• Criminal damage & arson13

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Washington · Northumbria

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

438 reported road collisions (2025)

177 killed or seriously injured · 561 casualties · 8.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

287 food businesses within 2 miles

• 245 rated 4–5 ★ (221 top)
• 1 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

£140,788 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across County Durham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£650 average monthly rent▲ 6.1% YoY

• 1 bed £456
• 2 bed £579
• 3 bed £693

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

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

7,126 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (9.6 km)

24 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK29,076
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK26,061
• Net moves+3,015

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 47 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

279 schools · 73,361 pupils

207 primary · 30 secondary · 42 other

Ofsted: 97 of 114 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (85%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · County Durham

413 CQC-registered services

• Care homes145
• GP practices72
• Dentists86
• Homecare agencies66
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 94% 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)

431 applications decided

95.1% granted · 410 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• Con 1
• LD 15
• Grn 2
• Ref 50
• Oth 24

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

18,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

126 jobs advertised · £32,752 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Warehouse Stock Assistant, Wine Development Manager

Source: Adzuna

£661 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% 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

64% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Imports 36% · Wind 23% · Solar 5%

1 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

6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in NE38

• Galleries Medical Practice
• Sunderland Gp Alliance Medical Practice
• Rickleton Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Washington and Gateshead South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England881 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases225 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK148 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND129 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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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)