Backworth

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:29

9h 19m 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

• 6.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

61 reported · August 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Shoplifting20
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Violence & sexual offences8
• Other theft5

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Whitley Bay · Northumbria

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

210 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 10 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

186 food businesses within 2 miles

• 165 rated 4–5 ★ (148 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Northumberland Park (Metro) (1.1 km)
• 20 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,554 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£857 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £736
• 3 bed £905

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 (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,824 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: 152.9p · BP (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (8.3 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

87 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Northumberland Retail Park (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches9
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

208,967 residents in North Tyneside · 2,539/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,693
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,248
• Net moves+1,445

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 145 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 102,020)

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

83 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 28 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Tyneside

165 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices26
• Dentists33
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Tyneside

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

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

176 applications decided

96% granted · 169 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Emma Foody

Labour (Co-op)

Cramlington and Killingworth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 35
• Con 8
• Grn 2
• Ref 11
• Oth 4

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Restaurants & cafés12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,741 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 102,668 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 41% · Nuclear 41% · Wind 18%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.6 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

7 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in NE27

• Northumberland Park Medical Group
• 1 To 1 Centre
• Northumberland Community Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cramlington and Killingworth:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth384 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases218 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• The North Of England A1 Safety Guarantee: Action Immediate Protection.160 local signatures · 5,253 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after155 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  Backworth · 0.3 km

  Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast. It lies 5 miles (8 km) northeast of N…

• Moorside, North Tyneside · 0.3 km

  Moorside is a social housing estate near Backworth and Shiremoor. It was built in 1938 to accommodate the miners of the nearby Backworth pit and consists of a large housing estate, a few shops and a veterinary practice.

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  Holywell railway station · 0.4 km

  Holywell was a railway station that served the village of Backworth and nearby hamlet of Holywell in what is now the Borough of North Tyneside, North East England. Located on what is now known as the Northumberland Li…

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  Backworth railway station · 1.1 km

  Backworth was a railway station on the Blyth and Tyne Railway, serving the village of Backworth, in the borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was opened, as Hotspur, on 27 June 1864, along with the Bly…

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  Northumberland Park station (Tyne and Wear) · 1.1 km

  Northumberland Park is a multimodal transport hub with both a Tyne and Wear Metro station and a National Rail station, serving the village of Backworth and suburbs of Northumberland Park and West Allotment, as well as…

• Northumberland Park, Tyne and Wear · 1.1 km

  Northumberland Park is a place in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside. Although built as an individual settlement along the A19 road, it is often referred to as being part of Shiremoor. There are two main housi…

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