Sunderland

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:15Sunset 16:23

9h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, 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

689 reported · August 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences167
• Anti-social behaviour153
• Shoplifting111
• Public order61

19 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sunderland Central · Northumbria

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

332 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 430 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 379 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
• 17 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Sunderland (0.2 km)
• 116 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£147,763 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£707 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £523
• 2 bed £647
• 3 bed £773

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

4.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.8 times median annual pay (4.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,161 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 (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (4.2 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

101 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Park Lane, Near Bus Station (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres8
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches40
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

274,175 residents in Sunderland · 1,995/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,616
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,432
• Net moves−816

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

28% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,197 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (60% of 134,620)

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

125 schools · 41,439 pupils

81 primary · 16 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 45 of 47 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

235 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices45
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

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

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

153 applications decided

94.1% granted · 144 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lewis Atkinson

Labour

Sunderland Central

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

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

• Schools14
• GPs & clinics7
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés101

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

668 jobs advertised · £37,469 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver - Gateshead, Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Senior Project Manager

Source: Adzuna

£655 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,252 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 · 173,812 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 34% · Wind 24%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82 yrs women · 77.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 56.3 women · 56.4 men

77% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

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

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SR1

• Riverview Surgery
• The New City Medical Group
• Ashburn 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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