West Rainton

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 9° · 70% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:21

9h 4m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

• 6.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

34 reported · August 2026▲ 162% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Other theft4
• Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Durham (High Pittington/West Rainton) · Durham

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

332 reported road collisions (2025)

80 killed or seriously injured · 430 casualties · 12.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

86 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chester-le-Street (6.5 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£147,763 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Sunderland · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£707 average monthly rent▲ 4.6% YoY

• 1 bed £523
• 2 bed £647
• 3 bed £773

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

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

3,161 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: 154.9p · BP (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · BP (11.3 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

64 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Cygnet Way (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds5

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,616
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,432
• Net moves−816

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

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 31 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

28% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Sunderland

235 CQC-registered services

• Care homes87
• GP practices45
• Dentists36
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices7

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Sunderland

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

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

153 applications decided

94.1% granted · 144 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mary Kelly Foy

Labour

City of Durham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 5
• LD 12
• Ref 57
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £28,340 avg

e.g. Learning Support Assistant

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

62% low-carbon electricity

Imports 38% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 28%

1 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

14 GP surgeries · 9 pharmacies in DH4

• West Rainton Surgery
• Herrington Medical Centre
• Kepier Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in City of Durham:

• Mandate standardised cancer training for all GPs in England212 local signatures · 18,645 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks178 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth175 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills168 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases154 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  West Rainton · 0.4 km

  West Rainton is a village in the civil parish of West Rainton and Leamside, in County Durham, England. It is situated between Durham and Houghton-le-Spring. Leamside is about one-half mile (0.80 km) to the west, and t…

• Middle Rainton · 0.6 km

  Middle Rainton was a small village between West Rainton and East Rainton on the boundary of County Durham and the City of Sunderland, north east England. It was subject to a schedule D notice and hence ceased to exist…

• Rainton Gate · 0.6 km

  Rainton Gate is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated between Durham and Houghton-le-Spring, next to West Rainton.

• Rainton Meadows railway station · 0.8 km

  Rainton Meadows railway station served the village of West Rainton, County Durham, England from 1840 to 1844 on the Durham Junction Railway.

• Rainton railway station · 0.9 km

  Rainton railway station briefly served the village of West Rainton, County Durham, England, in 1844 on the Leamside Line.

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  Leamside · 1.0 km

  Leamside is a small village close to the city of Durham, County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of West Rainton. It is part of the civil parish of West Rainton. There is one restaurant, a plant nursery,…

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