Wallsend

21°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 13° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:28

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

252 reported · July 2026▼ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences72
• Anti-social behaviour42
• Shoplifting28
• Criminal damage & arson23

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wallsend · 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)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 416 rated 4–5 ★ (345 top)
• 26 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Wallsend (0.2 km)
• 60 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 (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (5.6 km)

44 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Forum Shopping Centre (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches31
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds13

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
• 35 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

Mary Glindon

Labour

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

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

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

111 jobs advertised · £36,639 avg

e.g. Sales Agent, Customer Service Representative, Superflex Roadside Mechanic

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 13% · Solar 10%

13 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 Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership454 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office347 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s323 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership277 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth268 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Wallsend · 0.0 km

  Wallsend is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies four miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne.

• Wallsend (constituency) · 0.1 km

  Wallsend was a parliamentary constituency centred on Wallsend, a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in North Tyneside.

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  St Luke's Church, Wallsend · 0.1 km

  The Church of St Luke is a Church of England Grade II* listed church located in the centre of Wallsend, North Tyneside, next to Station Road.

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  Wallsend Metro station · 0.2 km

  Wallsend is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the town of Wallsend, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, b…

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  Milecastle 0 · 0.4 km

  Milecastle 0 is a possible milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall which may have preexisted the fort of Segedunum at Wallsend, at the eastern end of the Wall. Although its existence has been suggested by historian Pet…

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  Segedunum · 0.4 km

  Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. It was in use for approximately 300 years fr…

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