Newcastle upon Tyne

14°CCloudy

• 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

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

1190 reported · July 2026▼ 11% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences323
• Anti-social behaviour244
• Shoplifting190
• Public order94

158 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newcastle Central · Northumbria

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

434 reported road collisions (2024)

104 killed or seriously injured · 514 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 425 rated 4–5 ★ (376 top)
• 25 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: Monument (0.1 km)
• 174 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,589 average▲ 6.7% YoY

Across Newcastle upon Tyne · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,207 average monthly rent▲ 9.8% YoY

• 1 bed £810
• 2 bed £1,001
• 3 bed £1,187

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

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (1.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (10.4 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Bigg Market (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms11
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

300,125 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne · 2,646/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 74 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,542 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 140,770)

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

113 schools · 46,647 pupils

72 primary · 12 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

100inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle upon Tyne

276 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices49
• Dentists69
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Newcastle upon Tyne

• In a conservation area (Central)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 554 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

270 applications decided

83% granted · 224 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dame Chi Onwurah

Labour

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• LD 25
• Grn 23
• Ref 23
• Oth 4

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics13
• Pharmacies9
• Supermarkets16
• Parks & greens82
• Restaurants & cafés469

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4,357 jobs advertised · £43,997 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, Sales Advisor, Apprentice Sales Advisor

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

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

£19,762 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 151,348 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

37% low-carbon electricity

Imports 63% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 13% · Solar 3%

18 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.4 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.7 women · 60.3 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office386 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s384 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership365 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test273 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth229 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Central Arcade, Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.0 km

  The Central Arcade is a small shopping centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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  Monument Metro station · 0.1 km

  Monument is an underground Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the Monument area of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened on 15 November 1981, initially with only the north–south platfo…

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  The Round · 0.1 km

  The Round was a theatre-in-the-round in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The region's first theatre-in-the-round, it specialised in theatre for children and young people. The Round opened in Septembe…

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  YMCA Building, Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.1 km

  The YMCA Building was a prominent building on Blackett Street in central Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Completed in May 1900, it was demolished to facilitate the construction of the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in the…

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  Grey's Monument · 0.1 km

  Grey's Monument is a Grade I-listed monument in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was built in 1838 in recognition of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. I…

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  Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.1 km

  Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost city, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It…

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