Whickham

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• Today: 20° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

112 reported · July 2026▼ 19% YoY

• Shoplifting43
• Violence & sexual offences21
• Anti-social behaviour20
• Other theft6

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Dunston, Teams, Whickham, Swalwell and Lobley Hill (Gateshead Inner West) · Northumbria

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

253 reported road collisions (2024)

50 killed or seriously injured · 320 casualties · 12.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

423 food businesses within 2 miles

• 371 rated 4–5 ★ (314 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: MetroCentre (1.6 km)
• 68 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£158,254 average▲ 7.8% YoY

Across Gateshead · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£798 average monthly rent▲ 5.3% YoY

• 1 bed £587
• 2 bed £718
• 3 bed £838

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

4.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 4.9 times median annual pay (4.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (12 km)

32 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

136 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Front Street Carpark (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres7
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

196,151 residents in Gateshead · 1,378/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 54 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

17% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,716 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (59% of 95,470)

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

93 schools · 30,087 pupils

66 primary · 9 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 31 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

84inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gateshead

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes50
• GP practices37
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gateshead

• In a conservation area (Whickham CA)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

109 applications decided

84.4% granted · 92 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mark Ferguson

Labour

Gateshead Central and Whickham

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 12
• LD 13
• Grn 3
• Ref 38

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés83

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £44,612 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Online Music Tutoring Job in Whickham – Flexible Schedule, General Yard Operative

Source: Adzuna

£675 median full-time weekly pay

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

£19,745 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 · 97,223 certificates

10% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

92% low-carbon electricity

Biomass 32% · Wind 31% · Nuclear 28% · Imports 8%

41 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.5 yrs women · 77.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 58.4 women · 58 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gateshead Central and Whickham:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office383 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership323 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth254 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s245 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test210 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Whickham · 0.0 km

  Whickham is a village in the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, North East England, historically in the county of Durham. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles (8 km) south-west of N…

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  Whickham F.C. · 0.3 km

  Whickham Football Club are an English football club based in Whickham, Tyne and Wear, playing in the Northern League Division One in the English football league system. They won the FA Vase in 1981.

• Whickham School · 0.8 km

  Whickham School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whickham in Tyne and Wear, England.

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  Swalwell, Tyne and Wear · 1.1 km

  Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which was historically part of County Durham.

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  Dunston Hill Hospital · 1.1 km

  Dunston Hill Hospital was a hospital in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. It was managed by Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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  Swalwell railway station · 1.2 km

  Swalwell railway station served the village of Swalwell, Tyne and Wear, England from 1868 to 1960 on the Derwent Valley Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)