Ashington (Northumberland)

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 13° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

266 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences78
• Anti-social behaviour55
• Criminal damage & arson30
• Shoplifting28

13 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ashington · Northumbria

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

409 reported road collisions (2024)

118 killed or seriously injured · 550 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

285 food businesses within 2 miles

• 237 rated 4–5 ★ (199 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ashington (0.9 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,452 average▲ 12.6% YoY

Across Northumberland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£691 average monthly rent▲ 6.7% YoY

• 1 bed £492
• 2 bed £626
• 3 bed £762

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (1.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (5.6 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Sixth Av (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

320,569 residents in Northumberland · 64/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 131 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,597 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (44% of 162,470)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

175 schools · 43,186 pupils

127 primary · 15 secondary · 33 other

Ofsted: 75 of 83 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

165inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Northumberland

271 CQC-registered services

• Care homes95
• GP practices43
• Dentists55
• Homecare agencies44
• Hospitals & hospices13

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Northumberland

• Not in the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

489 applications decided

88.1% granted · 431 granted, 58 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Ian Lavery

Labour

Blyth and Ashington

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 8
• Con 28
• LD 3
• Grn 2
• Ref 18
• Oth 8

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

96 jobs advertised · £32,211 avg

e.g. Maths Teacher, Manufacturing Engineer, Painter & Decorator

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,195 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 165,775 certificates

10.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 14% · Wind 4%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 79.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 59.9 women · 59.8 men

73% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NE63

• Seaton Park Medical Group
• Primary Care Access Centre
• Northumberland Child Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Blyth and Ashington:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office456 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s359 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership339 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth302 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases272 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• Northumberland College · 0.5 km

  Northumberland College is a further education college based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The present site opened in 1957, and became the County Technical College in 1961, transformed again in 1987, becoming…

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  Ashington · 0.6 km

  Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon T…

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  Ashington railway station · 0.9 km

  Ashington railway station is the northern terminus of the Northumberland Line to Newcastle. The station serves the town of Ashington, in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Tra…

• North Seaton railway station · 0.9 km

  North Seaton railway station served the town of Ashington, Northumberland, England from 1859 to 1964 on the Blyth and Tyne Railway.

• NCEA Duke's Secondary School · 0.9 km

  The NCEA Duke's Secondary School is an 11–19 academy in Ashington, Northumberland, England. It is part of the Northumberland Church of England Trust occupying the Josephine Butler Campus of its predecessor, The Northu…

• Portland Park (Ashington) · 1.0 km

  Portland Park was a football ground in Ashington, England. It was the home ground of Ashington A.F.C. between 1909 and 2008. It also hosted greyhound racing from 1936 until 1993.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)