Morpeth

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 5° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 4° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:29

9h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

55US AQI · Moderate

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

86 reported · August 2026▼ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences40
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Public order8

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

Neighbourhood team: Morpeth · 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)

150 food businesses within 2 miles

• 131 rated 4–5 ★ (125 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Morpeth (0.8 km)
• 26 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: 157.9p · Esso (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.9 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Stanley Terrace (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches28
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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
• 86 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

David Smith

Labour

North Northumberland

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)

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés35

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

13,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

260 jobs advertised · £38,712 avg

e.g. Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner, Porter, Joiner

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Nuclear 38% · Wind 18%

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

7 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in NE61

• Npc Felton & Widdrington
• Greystoke Surgery
• Npc Central Northumberland

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Northumberland:

• The North Of England A1 Safety Guarantee: Action Immediate Protection.3,095 local signatures · 5,253 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases262 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills232 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks230 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately167 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  St James the Great, Morpeth · 0.2 km

  St James the Great, or St James' Church, is a Grade II* listed church in Morpeth, Northumberland. The entrance screen which allows access to the churchyard from Newgate Street is also separately Grade II* listed.

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  Morpeth, Northumberland · 0.2 km

  Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland, England, lying on the River Wansbeck. Nearby towns include Ashington and Bedlington. In the 2011 census, the population of Morpeth was given as 14,017, up from 13,8…

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  Morpeth Town Hall · 0.2 km

  Morpeth Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Morpeth Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Morpeth Clock Tower · 0.2 km

  Morpeth Clock Tower is a building located off the Market Place, Morpeth, England. The tower stands 60 ft high with walls 3 ft 6 in thick. It stands close to the Morpeth Town Hall and the YMCA buildings of 1905. It is…

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  St Robert of Newminster Church, Morpeth · 0.2 km

  St Robert of Newminster Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. It was built from 1848 to 1849 in the Early English Gothic style. It is located on Oldgate in the town, overlooking…

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  Morpeth Chantry · 0.2 km

  Morpeth Chantry also known as All Saints Chantry is a Grade I listed building situated adjacent to the site of the ancient bridge across the River Wansbeck at Morpeth, Northumberland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)