South Shields

14°COvercast

• Today: 20° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:32

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

593 reported · July 2026▲ 8% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour173
• Violence & sexual offences140
• Shoplifting87
• Public order44

17 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Riverside and West Shields · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 439 rated 4–5 ★ (372 top)
• 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: South Shields (0.1 km)
• 73 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 (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (2.8 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

94 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Oyston Street Car Park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms7
• Sports pitches33
• Playgrounds14

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
• 122 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

Emma Lewell

Labour

South Shields

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 1
• Grn 10
• Ref 40
• Oth 3

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies11
• Supermarkets11
• Parks & greens32
• Restaurants & cafés149

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,990 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

128 jobs advertised · £32,201 avg

e.g. Class 2 Refuse Driver, Eyebrow Threader/Brow Expert, Mental Health Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Biomass 21% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 8%

25 gCO₂/kWh · 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 South Shields:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England781 local signatures · 17,297 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s308 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership281 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test257 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  South Shields Interchange · 0.2 km

  South Shields Interchange is Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive's transport hub in the coastal town of South Shields, South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England.

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  South Shields railway station · 0.2 km

  South Shields railway station served the town of South Shields, in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was located on Mile End Road in the town centre. It was opened by the North Eastern Railway in 1879, as the termin…

• 2013 South Shields by-election · 0.2 km

  A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of South Shields was held on 2 May 2013, triggered by the resignation of incumbent Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) and former Foreign Secretary Da…

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  St Hilda's Church, South Shields · 0.4 km

  St Hilda's Church, South Shields is a Grade II listed parish church in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. It is part of the Church of England.

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  The Word (library) · 0.4 km

  The Word, National Centre for the Written Word is a library and community centre in South Shields, England.

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  South Shields · 0.4 km

  South Shields is a coastal port town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England; it lies on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. The town was known in Roman times as Arbeia and as Caer Urfa by the Early Middl…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)