Hexham

11°CMist

• Today: 18° / 11° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

58 reported · July 2026▼ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Shoplifting7
• Criminal damage & arson5

8 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: West Tynedale · 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)

161 food businesses within 2 miles

• 149 rated 4–5 ★ (139 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hexham (0.7 km)
• 21 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: 167.9p · Asda (1.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (1.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Beaumont Hotel (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds8

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

• In a conservation area (Hexham)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 216 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

Joe Morris

Labour

Hexham

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)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés42

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

247 jobs advertised · £33,794 avg

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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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 13%

16 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hexham:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office368 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases256 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills248 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  St Mary's Church, Hexham · 0.1 km

  St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Hexham, Northumberland. It was built from 1828 to 1830 in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on Battle Hill, opposite Hexham Park, close to the town centre. I…

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  Queen's Hall, Hexham · 0.1 km

  The Queen's Hall, formerly Hexham Town Hall, is a municipal structure in Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland, England. The structure, which was the headquarters of Hexham Urban District Council and is now an arts…

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  Hexham · 0.2 km

  Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. He…

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  Hexham Abbey · 0.2 km

  Hexham Abbey is a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Andrew, in the town of Hexham, Northumberland, in the North East of England. Originally built in AD 674, the Abbey was built up during the 12th century into its…

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  Battle of Hexham · 0.3 km

  The Battle of Hexham, 15 May 1464, marked the end of significant Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV.

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  Moot Hall, Hexham · 0.3 km

  The Moot Hall is a former judicial structure in The Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland, England. The structure, which currently accommodates an art gallery on the ground floor and the museums department of Northumbe…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)