Follingsby

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 8° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:13Sunset 16:25

9h 12m 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

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

26 reported · August 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour4
• Criminal damage & arson3

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

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 325 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

240 food businesses within 2 miles

• 205 rated 4–5 ★ (177 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£156,036 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£804 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £844

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,429 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (6.2 km)

35 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,488
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,712
• Net moves+776

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

191 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices36
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies44
• 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)

140 applications decided

87.1% granted · 122 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Kate Osborne

Labour

Jarrow and Gateshead East

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 12
• Grn 3
• Ref 38
• Oth 1

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

57% low-carbon electricity

Imports 43% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 23%

1 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

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NE10

• Longrigg Medical Centre
• Crowhall Medical Centre
• St. Albans Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England375 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth329 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases191 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND167 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK144 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  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)