West Pelton

12°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 12° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▲ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Criminal damage & arson9
• Public order6

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Chester-le-Street (Rural North) · 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)

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 57 rated 4–5 ★ (44 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Dipwood Halt (2.3 km)
• 21 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 (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · ESSO (11.8 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

56 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: DCC Grange Villa Community Centre (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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
• 9 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

Luke Akehurst

Labour

North 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)

• Schools3
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

17,810 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1 jobs advertised · £29,016 avg

e.g. School Chef

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 32% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 28% · Imports 8%

41 gCO₂/kWh · 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 North Durham:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases427 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office378 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership322 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s320 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance287 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Beamish, County Durham · 0.7 km

  Beamish, previously named "Pit Hill", is a village in County Durham, England, situated to the north east of Stanley.

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  Beamish railway station · 1.0 km

  Beamish railway station served the village of Beamish, in County Durham, England, from 1894 to 1953. The station was built by the North Eastern Railway on the Beamish Deviation Line, off the earlier Stanhope and Tyne…

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  Grange Villa · 1.0 km

  Grange Villa is a village situated in County Durham, England. It is located between the towns of Stanley and Chester-le-Street.

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  High Urpeth · 1.2 km

  High Urpeth is a hamlet in the civil parish of Urpeth, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Urpeth, and a short distance to the north of High Handenhold.

• Roseberry College · 1.3 km

  Roseberry College and Sixth Form was a state-funded secondary school and sixth form in County Durham, England, founded in 1963 and closed in 2014. The final college Principal was Ann Bowen, who is also a geography tex…

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  Urpeth · 1.3 km

  Urpeth is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance from Ouston and Beamish, near the border with Tyne and Wear. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 3,630.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)