Ashington (Northumberland)

9°CClear

• Today: 11° / 9° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:24

9h 10m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 5.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 3.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

292 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences85
• Anti-social behaviour70
• Shoplifting28
• Criminal damage & arson27

10 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ashington · Northumbria

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

345 reported road collisions (2025)

132 killed or seriously injured · 459 casualties · 10.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

286 food businesses within 2 miles

• 240 rated 4–5 ★ (203 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£213,113 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Northumberland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£695 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £495
• 2 bed £630
• 3 bed £766

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

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

4,778 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: 166.9p · Asda (5.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 195.9p · Asda (5.6 km)

3 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK13,999
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,562
• Net moves+4,437

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 128 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Northumberland

269 CQC-registered services

• Care homes94
• GP practices43
• Dentists54
• Homecare agencies43
• 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)

482 applications decided

89.2% granted · 430 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Ian Lavery

Labour

Blyth and Ashington

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 10
• 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)

13,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

115 jobs advertised · £34,229 avg

e.g. Centre Manager, Design & Technology Teacher, Relief Dispenser

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.9% 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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 36% · Wind 22%

1 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:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth302 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases275 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• The North Of England A1 Safety Guarantee: Action Immediate Protection.231 local signatures · 5,253 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND173 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ban balloon releases173 local signatures · 17,273 nationwide

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

• 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)