East Boldon and West Boldon

18°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

71 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Shoplifting15
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Criminal damage & arson10

Neighbourhood team: Boldon, Cleadon, Whitburn · Northumbria

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

175 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

300 food businesses within 2 miles

• 254 rated 4–5 ★ (205 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: East Boldon (0.5 km)
• 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£161,372 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across South Tyneside · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£737 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £516
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £769

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (3.7 km)

35 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: East Boldon Library (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches15
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

147,774 residents in South Tyneside · 2,294/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 26 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,434 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (63% of 73,010)

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

64 schools · 22,753 pupils

45 primary · 8 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

107 CQC-registered services

• Care homes34
• GP practices21
• Dentists20
• Homecare agencies17
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Tyneside

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

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

108 applications decided

79.6% granted · 86 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Emma Lewell

Labour

South Shields

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Grn 10
• Ref 40
• Oth 3

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

24 jobs advertised · £34,035 avg

e.g. Early Years Practitioner, Activities Assistant - Care Home, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£691 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,303 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 79,086 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 57% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 12%

17 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.8 women · 55.9 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Shields:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England781 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership281 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

• Battle of Boldon Hill · 0.2 km

  The Battle of Boldon Hill was a day-long engagement that took place in modern-day Tyne and Wear between English Royalists and an army made up of Scottish Covenanters in alliance with Parliamentarians from nearby Sunde…

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  East Boldon Metro station · 0.5 km

  East Boldon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the villages of Cleadon and East Boldon, in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 31 March 2002, following the opening of the extension…

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  The Boldons · 0.9 km

  The Boldons is an area made up of the three villages of East Boldon, West Boldon and Boldon Colliery in South Tyneside, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. In 2001, they had a population of 13,271.

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  Sunderland Greyhound Stadium · 1.3 km

  Sunderland Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track situated at Fulwell in the City of Sunderland and English county of Tyne and Wear. The stadium is owned by ARC and racing takes place every Wednesday and Friday…

• Boldon School · 1.4 km

  Boldon School is a coeducational secondary school located in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, England.

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  South Tyneside · 1.6 km

  South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is bordered by all four other boroughs in Tyne and Wear: Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, North Tyneside to the north…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)