Walbottle

7°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 55% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:16Sunset 16:24

9h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

• 6.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

90 reported · August 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences27
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Vehicle crime7

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Westerhope and Newburn · Northumbria

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

465 reported road collisions (2025)

109 killed or seriously injured · 533 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

156 food businesses within 2 miles

• 141 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blaydon (4.0 km)
• 31 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£211,255 average▲ 5.8% YoY

Across Newcastle upon Tyne · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,215 average monthly rent▲ 9.3% YoY

• 1 bed £814
• 2 bed £1,007
• 3 bed £1,194

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

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

3,278 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: 152.9p · BP (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (10.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

62 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Chapel House Service Station (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Sports pitches32
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK28,049
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK30,040
• Net moves−1,991

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

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 82 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

100 inspected 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 practices51
• Dentists68
• Homecare agencies49
• Hospitals & hospices10

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Newcastle upon Tyne

• Within the Green Belt
• 10 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

254 applications decided

89% granted · 226 granted, 28 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Joe Morris

Labour

Hexham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 2
• LD 25
• Grn 23
• Ref 23
• Oth 5

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £57,936 avg

e.g. Small Works Supervisor, Design Technology Teacher

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Imports 42% · Nuclear 35% · Wind 20% · Solar 3%

1 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

11 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NE15

• Throckley Primary Care Centre
• Betts Avenue Medical Group
• Newburn Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hexham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks345 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• The North Of England A1 Safety Guarantee: Action Immediate Protection.291 local signatures · 5,253 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases258 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills249 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth191 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Walbottle Academy · 0.1 km

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  Newburn Town Hall · 1.4 km

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