Sunderland

13°COvercast

• Today: 19° / 13° · 14% 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

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

570 reported · July 2026▼ 14% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences160
• Anti-social behaviour124
• Shoplifting86
• Public order45

30 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sunderland Central · Northumbria

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

335 reported road collisions (2024)

68 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 381 rated 4–5 ★ (339 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£143,216 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£704 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £521
• 2 bed £645
• 3 bed £769

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (1.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (9.1 km)

25 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)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 33 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

23% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

234 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices46
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 97% 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)

151 applications decided

89.4% granted · 135 granted, 16 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

7,730 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,052 jobs advertised · £39,983 avg

e.g. Superflex Roadside Patrol, Superflex Roadside Technician, Nursery Practitioner Level 3

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

34% low-carbon electricity

Imports 66% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 14% · Wind 4%

19 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

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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  Sunderland · 0.1 km

  Sunderland is a port city in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the…

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  Sunderland Central · 0.1 km

  Sunderland Central is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is represented by the Labour Party MP Lewis Atkinson, who has held the seat since 2024.

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  Wearside · 0.1 km

  Wearside is a built-up area in County Durham and Tyne and Wear, England. It is named after the River Wear which flows through it and traditionally all in the County of Durham.

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  Sunderland Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Sunderland Town hall was a municipal building in Fawcett Street in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It was the headquarters of Sunderland Borough Council until November 1970.

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  Argyle House School · 0.2 km

  Argyle House School is an independent school in North East England. It was founded in 1884. Though not in the original location, it is still in the same area, Thornhill, and borders Ashbrooke, about five minutes' walk…

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  Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens · 0.2 km

  Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is a municipal museum in Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. It contains the only known British example of a gliding reptile, the oldest known vertebrate capable of gliding flig…

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