Newcastle upon Tyne

10°CPatchy rain nearby

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:14Sunset 16:25

9h 11m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1289 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences346
• Anti-social behaviour307
• Shoplifting190
• Public order90

82 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Newcastle Central · Northumbria

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

465 reported road collisions (2025)

109 killed or seriously injured · 533 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 418 rated 4–5 ★ (374 top)
• 25 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Monument (0.1 km)
• 174 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,255 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Newcastle upon Tyne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,215 average monthly rent▲ 9.3% YoY

• 1 bed £814
• 2 bed £1,007
• 3 bed £1,194

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

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

3,278 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 (1.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (1.7 km)

28 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK28,049
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK30,040
• Net moves−1,991

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 82 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

100 inspected 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 practices51
• Dentists68
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% 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
• 555 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

89% granted · 226 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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 5

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3,192 jobs advertised · £44,547 avg

e.g. Customer Service Advisor, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, Customer Service Specialist - UKVI (International)

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 39% · Nuclear 37% · Wind 21% · Solar 3%

1 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

10 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NE1

• Saville Medical Group
• Newcastle Medical Centre
• North Of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth231 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND174 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England161 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK126 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases116 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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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…

• 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. While the hyphenated form of the name, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is seen sometimes, correct usage is generally unhyph…

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