Gateshead

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 74% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:18Sunset 16:21

9h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1096 reported · August 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences303
• Anti-social behaviour232
• Shoplifting163
• Public order78

65 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gateshead Central · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 424 rated 4–5 ★ (371 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Gateshead (0.2 km)
• 86 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: 152.9p · BP (1.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (1.8 km)

28 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 27 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra-Gateshead Trinity Square (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms11
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds24

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
• 425 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

Mark Ferguson

Labour

Gateshead Central and Whickham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

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

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

• Schools19
• GPs & clinics11
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets12
• Parks & greens40
• Restaurants & cafés348

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

951 jobs advertised · £38,109 avg

e.g. Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile, Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Customer Service Advisor

Source: Adzuna

£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

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 29%

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

10 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in NE8

• Bensham Family Practice
• Oxford Tce & Rawling Rd Medical Group
• Millennium Family Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gateshead Central and Whickham:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth254 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England204 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities174 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND147 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases146 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Trinity Square, Gateshead · 0.1 km

  Trinity Square is a shopping and leisure centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The new centre was constructed on the site of a former multi-storey car park and shopping complex going by the same name, which ori…

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  St Edmund's Chapel, Tyne and Wear · 0.1 km

  St Edmund's Chapel is a Grade I listed parish church located on High Street, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

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  Gateshead Interchange · 0.2 km

  Gateshead Interchange is a multimodal transport hub, serving the town of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened on 15 November 1981, as part of the third phase of the network, between Haymarket and Heworth Int…

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  St Joseph's Church, Gateshead · 0.3 km

  St Joseph's Church is a Catholic church in Gateshead, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Old Town Hall, Gateshead · 0.3 km

  The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in West Street, Gateshead, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Gateshead Civic Centre · 0.3 km

  Gateshead Civic Centre is a municipal building in the Regent Street, Gateshead, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)