South Bents

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:22

9h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, 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

59 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Shoplifting22
• Anti-social behaviour13
• Violence & sexual offences13
• Public order7

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

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

150 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 173 casualties · 10.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

256 food businesses within 2 miles

• 214 rated 4–5 ★ (184 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£160,518 average▲ 2.5% YoY

Across South Tyneside · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£743 average monthly rent▲ 7.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £776

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

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

1,572 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (5.9 km)

18 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,011
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,708
• Net moves+303

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 35 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

21% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

62 inspected 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: 95% 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)

92 applications decided

91.3% granted · 84 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,105 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

59% low-carbon electricity

Imports 41% · Nuclear 34% · Wind 25%

1 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

5 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in SR6

• Whitburn Surgery
• Fulwell Medical Centre,
• St Bede Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Sunderland Central:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England1,508 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth265 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases240 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately106 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)