Throckley

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 11° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:34

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

63US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

62 reported · July 2026▼ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Burglary7
• Criminal damage & arson6

1 stop & searches · mostly article for use in theft

Neighbourhood team: Westerhope and Newburn · Northumbria

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

434 reported road collisions (2024)

104 killed or seriously injured · 514 casualties · 14.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

110 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (87 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wylam (4.3 km)
• 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£208,589 average▲ 6.7% YoY

Across Newcastle upon Tyne · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,207 average monthly rent▲ 9.8% YoY

• 1 bed £810
• 2 bed £1,001
• 3 bed £1,187

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

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (11.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (11.1 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

48 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Chapel House Service Station (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches30
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

300,125 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne · 2,646/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 68%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 74 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

26% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,542 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 140,770)

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

113 schools · 46,647 pupils

72 primary · 12 secondary · 29 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

100inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle upon Tyne

276 CQC-registered services

• Care homes74
• GP practices49
• Dentists69
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices11

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

270 applications decided

83% granted · 224 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Joe Morris

Labour

Hexham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• LD 25
• Grn 23
• Ref 23
• Oth 4

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £20,349 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Become a Chemistry Tutor in Throckley – Flexible & Remote, Bike Delivery Rider

Source: Adzuna

£692 median full-time weekly pay

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

£19,762 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 151,348 certificates

11.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 8%

11 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 82.4 yrs women · 78.3 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.7 women · 60.3 men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hexham:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership376 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office368 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership302 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases256 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills248 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Throckley · 0.3 km

  Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course t…

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  Bank Top, Tyne and Wear · 0.6 km

  Bank Top is a neighbourhood on the west side of Throckley, in Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Milecastle 11 · 0.6 km

  Milecastle 11 (Throckley Bank Top) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. No remains exist, but the measured position is the middle of the old village of Throckley Bank Top, under the Working Men's Club.

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  Throckley Hall · 0.8 km

  Throckley Hall is a privately owned 19th century manor house and gardens located about 6 miles (9 km) west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, within the village of Throckley. It has been privately owned throughout it…

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  Milecastle 10 · 0.9 km

  Milecastle 10 (Walbottle Dene) was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. It is located near to the modern village of Throckley in Tyne and Wear, northern England. Much of the milecastle lies beneath a road but par…

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  Walbottle Academy · 1.1 km

  Walbottle Academy, previously Walbottle Campus and Walbottle Campus Technology College, is a large secondary Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is one of the largest secondary academies in Newcastle.

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