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Seaton Sluice

Seaton Sluice is a village in Tyne & Wear, England. It has around 1 pharmacy, 3 restaurants and cafés, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Monkseaton, 3.6 km away. There were around 17 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Seaton Sluice area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Tyneside area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 208,967 residents at roughly 2,539 people per km².

Council
North Tyneside
County
Tyne & Wear
Constituency
Tynemouth
Police force
Northumbria
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 175th of 294 English council areas — better than 40% of them.

Low crime39
Home affordability87
Affordable rents84
Good schools27
Life expectancy28
Low deprivation40
Employment48
Low council tax43

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

14°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 13° · 32% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:30

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

19 reported · July 2026 46% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour6
  • Shoplifting5
  • Violence & sexual offences5
  • Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Cramlington · Northumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Tackle anti-social behaviour at the Brockwell Centre, Cramlington. Local residents and shopkeepers have made multiple reports to police r…
  • Anti-social behaviour on motorbikes

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

Road safety

228 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 272 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

79 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 72 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Newsham (3.1 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Newsham (3.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,813 average 6% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-06

Detached£380,496
Semi-detached£231,554
Terraced£200,873
Flat£119,543

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£851 average monthly rent 6.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £586
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £898

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

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.5 km)

20 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

37 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Mermaid Car Park (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches8
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

208,967 residents in North Tyneside · 2,539/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 128 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 102,020)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,924

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

Schools

82 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 28 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

77inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Whitley Bay High SchoolOutstanding
  • Burnside CollegeGood
  • George Stephenson High SchoolGood
  • Longbenton High SchoolGood
  • Norham High SchoolGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolGood
  • John Spence Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Marden High School
  • Monkseaton High School
  • North Gosforth Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Tyneside

Care & health services

164 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists33
  • Homecare agencies44
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Tyneside

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

138 applications decided

97.8% granted · 135 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Emma Foody

Labour (Co-op)

Cramlington and Killingworth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 37
  • Con 8
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Seaton Sluice – Flexible Schedule, Online Psychology Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,741 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 102,668 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

42% low-carbon electricity

Imports 58% · Nuclear 15% · Biomass 13% · Solar 12%

17 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.6 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cramlington and Killingworth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Seaton Sluice · 0.6 km

    Seaton Sluice is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast at the mouth of the Seaton Burn, midway between Whitley Bay and Blyth. The population of Seaton Sluice at the 2021 census was 2,957.

  • Seaton Sluice railway station · 0.9 km

    Seaton Sluice was a railway station on the wagonway from Hartley Pit at its terminus in the village of Seaton Sluice. The station was served intermittently by passenger trains between 1 May 1851 and April 1853; the w…

  • Seaton Delaval Hall · 0.9 km

    Seaton Delaval Hall is a Grade I listed country house in Northumberland, England, near the coast just north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Located between Seaton Sluice and Seaton Delaval, it was designed by Sir John Vanbrug…

  • Collywell Bay railway station · 1.1 km

    Collywell Bay was a railway station constructed in 1913–14 to serve a planned branch line terminating at Seaton Sluice. Although the line was built, the station did not open and the branch line was abandoned in 1931.…

  • The Avenue railway station · 1.6 km

    The Avenue railway station served the village of Seaton Sluice, England from 1861 to 1864 on the Blyth and Tyne Railway.

  • Hartley, Northumberland · 1.6 km

    Hartley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Seaton Valley in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the A193 road 4 miles (6 km) south of Blyth and 4 miles (6 km) north of Tynemouth. It wa…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Seaton Sluice?
Seaton Sluice is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, in the North Tyneside local authority.
How deprived is Seaton Sluice?
The North Tyneside local authority, which includes Seaton Sluice, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.