Houghton-le-Spring

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

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

104 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour27
• Violence & sexual offences25
• Shoplifting12
• Criminal damage & arson11

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Houghton · Northumbria

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

335 reported road collisions (2024)

68 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

181 food businesses within 2 miles

• 153 rated 4–5 ★ (130 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: South Hylton (7.2 km)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,216 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £769

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

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Houghton Le Spring (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches26
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

274,175 residents in Sunderland · 1,995/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 33 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 134,620)

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

125 schools · 41,439 pupils

81 primary · 16 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 45 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

116inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

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

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

151 applications decided

89.4% granted · 135 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Bridget Phillipson

Labour

Houghton and Sunderland South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

128 jobs advertised · £35,393 avg

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Source: Adzuna

£655 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,252 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 · 173,812 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Imports 65% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 14% · Wind 3%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.3 women · 56.4 men

77% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• 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 Houghton and Sunderland South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,367 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth488 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office457 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases420 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s346 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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