Gateshead

13°COvercast

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

997 reported · July 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences275
• Anti-social behaviour203
• Shoplifting136
• Public order82

102 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Gateshead Central · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 432 rated 4–5 ★ (374 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Gateshead (0.2 km)
• 86 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: 152.9p · BP (1.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.7 km)

42 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)

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
• 424 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

Mark Ferguson

Labour

Gateshead Central and Whickham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 13
• Grn 3
• Ref 38

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,180 jobs advertised · £37,185 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Mechanic, Superflex Roadside Patrol, Customer Service Representative

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Nuclear 25% · Wind 16% · Biomass 15%

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 Gateshead Central and Whickham:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office383 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership323 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth254 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s245 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test210 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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)