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Tynemouth

Tynemouth is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, with a population of around 60,605. It has around 7 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 1 park and green, and around 69 restaurants and cafés, along with 71 bus stops and North Shields railway station 1 km away. There were around 109 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tynemouth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Tyneside area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 208,967 residents at roughly 2,539 people per km².

Council
North Tyneside
County
Tyne & Wear
Constituency
Tynemouth
Police force
Northumbria
46/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 175th of 294 English council areas — better than 40% of them.

Low crime39
Home affordability87
Affordable rents84
Good schools27
Life expectancy28
Low deprivation40
Employment48
Low council tax43

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CClear

  • Today: 21° / 12° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:32

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

Crime

144 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour51
  • Violence & sexual offences33
  • Shoplifting28
  • Criminal damage & arson8

4 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: North Shields · Northumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Retail Crime with violence
  • Violence Against Womens & Girls (VAWG)

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

Road safety

228 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 272 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 439 rated 4–5 ★ (383 top)
  • 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Tynemouth (0.2 km)
  • 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Northumberland Park (Tyne and Wear) (6.2 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£203,813 average 6% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-06

Detached£380,496
Semi-detached£231,554
Terraced£200,873
Flat£119,543

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£851 average monthly rent 6.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £586
  • 2 bed £731
  • 3 bed £898

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

Affordability

5.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.7 times median annual pay (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

88 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tynemouth, Beaconsfield 1 (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Gyms1
  • Sports pitches21
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

208,967 residents in North Tyneside · 2,539/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 128 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (50% of 102,020)

A £1,641
B £1,915
C £2,188
D £2,462
E £3,009
F £3,556
G £4,103
H £4,924

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

Schools

82 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 28 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

77inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Whitley Bay High SchoolOutstanding
  • Burnside CollegeGood
  • George Stephenson High SchoolGood
  • Longbenton High SchoolGood
  • Norham High SchoolGood
  • St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolGood
  • John Spence Community High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Marden High School
  • Monkseaton High School
  • North Gosforth Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Tyneside

Care & health services

164 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes43
  • GP practices26
  • Dentists33
  • Homecare agencies44
  • Hospitals & hospices1

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Tyneside

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Tynemouth)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 98 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

138 applications decided

97.8% granted · 135 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Alan Campbell

Labour

Tynemouth

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

  • Lab 37
  • Con 8
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens23
  • Restaurants & cafés59

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

46 jobs advertised · £40,436 avg

e.g. Field Sales Representative, Cleaner, Online Chemistry Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£727 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,741 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 102,668 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

62% low-carbon electricity

Wind 39% · Imports 39% · Nuclear 13% · Biomass 9%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.6 yrs women · 79 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.4 women · 57.6 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tynemouth:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kings Priory School · 0.1 km

    Kings Priory School is a coeducational all-through school and sixth form located in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England. The principal is Philip Sanderson. The school has a Christian foundation as the largest member of…

  • Tynemouth · 0.2 km

    Tynemouth is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically the easternmost town in Northumberland, it is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne…

  • Tynemouth Metro station · 0.2 km

    Tynemouth is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the coastal town of Tynemouth, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 11 August 1980, following the opening of the…

  • Our Lady and St Oswin's Church, Tynemouth · 0.3 km

    Our Lady and St Oswin's Church, also known as St Oswin's Church, is a Catholic parish church in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was built in 1890 and designed by Edward Joseph Hansom and Archibal…

  • Tynemouth Priory and Castle · 0.4 km

    Tynemouth Priory and Castle is an historic site located on a promontory at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth. The medieval Benedictine priory was protected by walls, towers, and a gatehouse. The heraldry of the metro…

  • Tyne Turrets · 0.4 km

    The Tyne Turrets were two 12-inch Mk VIII guns from the battleship HMS Illustrious, installed in Roberts Battery at Hartley, near Seaton Sluice north of the Tyne, and Kitchener Battery in Marsden near Lizard Point sou…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Tynemouth?
Tynemouth is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, in the North Tyneside local authority.
What is the population of Tynemouth?
Tynemouth has an approximate settlement population of 60,605.
How deprived is Tynemouth?
The North Tyneside local authority, which includes Tynemouth, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.