Follingsby

13°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

40 reported · July 2026▲ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences11
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson5

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Leam Lane, Wardley, Heworth, Felling and Bill Quay (Gateshead East) · Northumbria

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

253 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 320 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

239 food businesses within 2 miles

• 200 rated 4–5 ★ (172 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Pelaw (2.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£158,254 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£798 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £718
• 3 bed £838

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

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

50 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 28 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Itc Service LTD (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches25
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

196,151 residents in Gateshead · 1,378/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 54 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,716 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 95,470)

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

93 schools · 30,087 pupils

66 primary · 9 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 31 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices37
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gateshead

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

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

109 applications decided

84.4% granted · 92 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Kate Osborne

Labour

Jarrow and Gateshead East

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 13
• Grn 3
• Ref 38

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£675 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,745 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 · 97,223 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 14% · Wind 4%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.4 women · 58 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Jarrow and Gateshead East:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office429 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England368 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s345 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth326 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership313 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

• 
  Washington F.C. · 1.0 km

  Washington Football Club is a football club based in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. The club was formed by miners at the local "F-Pit" Colliery in the early 20th century as Washington Colliery F.C. The club's dis…

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  Leam Lane Estate · 1.4 km

  Leam Lane Estate is a housing estate in Gateshead, built in the 1950s and early 1960s. Originally made up solely of council-built accommodation and housing association houses, most of the properties are now privately…

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  Bill Quay · 1.6 km

  Bill Quay is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 4 miles (6.4 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 miles (19 km) from Sunderland, and 17 miles (27 km) from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metrop…

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  Wardley, Gateshead · 1.6 km

  Wardley is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 4 miles (6.4 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne, 10 miles (16 km) from Sunderland, and 15 miles (24 km) from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropol…

• Springwell railway station · 2.0 km

  Springwell railway station served Springwell Village, Tyne and Wear, England, from 1844 to 1871 on the Durham Coast Line.

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  Pelaw · 2.0 km

  Pelaw is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 miles (18 km) from Sunderland and 17 miles (27 km) from Durham. The United Kingdom 2011 census data for the Gate…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)