South Bents

19°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:30

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

41US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

57 reported · July 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour20
• Violence & sexual offences18
• Shoplifting12
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Carley Hill, Hylton Red House, Witherwack, Fulwell and Roker (Sunderland North) · Northumbria

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

175 reported road collisions (2024)

39 killed or seriously injured · 215 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

263 food businesses within 2 miles

• 225 rated 4–5 ★ (193 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Seaburn (1.8 km)
• 33 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£161,372 average▲ 4.8% YoY

Across South Tyneside · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£737 average monthly rent▲ 6.9% YoY

• 1 bed £516
• 2 bed £640
• 3 bed £769

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

5.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.2 times median annual pay (4.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (6.7 km)

24 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

125 charging locations within ~8 km

• 19 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Whitburn South Bents Car Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

147,774 residents in South Tyneside · 2,294/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 26 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

25% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,434 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (63% of 73,010)

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

64 schools · 22,753 pupils

45 primary · 8 secondary · 11 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

62inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

107 CQC-registered services

• Care homes34
• GP practices21
• Dentists20
• Homecare agencies17
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Tyneside

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

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

108 applications decided

79.6% granted · 86 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Lewis Atkinson

Labour

Sunderland Central

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Grn 10
• Ref 40
• Oth 3

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£691 median full-time weekly pay

4.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,303 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 · 79,086 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Imports 57% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 12%

17 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 55.8 women · 55.9 men

74% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sunderland Central:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,489 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office435 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ban all e-bikes & electric scooters in public311 local signatures · 4,788 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership272 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Whitburn Lifeboat Station · 0.4 km

  Whitburn Lifeboat Station was located at the lower end of Sea Lane, to the south of Whitburn, a village 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Sunderland, on the coast of the county of Tyne and Wear.

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  Seaburn · 0.9 km

  Seaburn is a seaside resort and northeastern suburb of Sunderland, North East England. The village of Whitburn borders the area to the north. To the west and south-west is Fulwell and to the south the coastal resort o…

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  Whitburn Church of England Academy · 1.1 km

  Whitburn Church of England Academy or Whitburn CofE Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whitburn, South Tyneside. Its motto is "Excellence for all". The academy was known as Whitburn…

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  Whitburn, Tyne and Wear · 1.3 km

  Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of t…

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  Sunderland International Airshow · 1.3 km

  The Sunderland International Airshow was the biggest free annual airshow in Europe, held at the Roker and Seaburn seafronts. It took place over the course of three days, usually the final weekend in July, and attracte…

• Monkwearmouth Academy · 1.3 km

  Monkwearmouth Academy is a state secondary school in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, for pupils aged between 11 and 16. The most recent inspection report was in October 2013 and resulted in a judgement of good in…

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