Springwell

12°CCloudy

• Today: 14° / 7° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:31

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

116 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences37
• Shoplifting19
• Anti-social behaviour17
• Criminal damage & arson15

2 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Washington · Northumbria

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

251 reported road collisions (2025)

53 killed or seriously injured · 325 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

370 food businesses within 2 miles

• 318 rated 4–5 ★ (271 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Heworth (3.6 km)
• 30 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£156,036 average▲ 4.4% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£804 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £723
• 3 bed £844

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

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,429 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 (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (6.7 km)

31 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Parsons House (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches12
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

196,151 residents in Gateshead · 1,378/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,488
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,712
• Net moves+776

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 58 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

19% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,716 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 95,470)

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

93 schools · 30,087 pupils

66 primary · 9 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 31 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

191 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices36
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies44
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gateshead

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

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

140 applications decided

87.1% granted · 122 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

Labour

Washington and Gateshead South

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 12
• Grn 3
• Ref 38
• Oth 1

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £47,320 avg

e.g. Crisis Support Worker for Young People

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,745 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 · 97,223 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Imports 44% · Nuclear 40% · Wind 9% · Solar 6%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.4 women · 58 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

15 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NE9

• Fell Tower Medical Centre
• Fell Cottage Surgery
• Wrekenton Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Washington and Gateshead South:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England881 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases225 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK148 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND129 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Springwell Village · 0.1 km

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  Eighton Banks · 0.9 km

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• Albany, Tyne and Wear · 1.4 km

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  Springwell Estate · 1.5 km

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  Blackfell · 1.5 km

  Blackfell is a village located in the new town of Washington, Tyne and Wear in England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)