Whitley Bay

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 16:20

9h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, 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

287 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour91
• Shoplifting86
• Violence & sexual offences44
• Public order18

2 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Whitley Bay · Northumbria

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

210 reported road collisions (2025)

47 killed or seriously injured · 242 casualties · 10 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

458 food businesses within 2 miles

• 423 rated 4–5 ★ (386 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Whitley Bay (0.3 km)
• 58 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£205,554 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£857 average monthly rent▲ 7% YoY

• 1 bed £590
• 2 bed £736
• 3 bed £905

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 (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,824 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 (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (11.4 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

75 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Whitley Bay (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Gyms9
• Sports pitches49
• Playgrounds14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,693
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,248
• Net moves+1,445

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 145 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,462 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

83 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

165 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices26
• Dentists33
• Homecare agencies45
• Hospitals & hospices1

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

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Tyneside

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

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

176 applications decided

96% granted · 169 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Alan Campbell

Labour

Tynemouth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 35
• Con 8
• Grn 2
• Ref 11
• Oth 4

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics15
• Pharmacies8
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés124

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

35 jobs advertised · £32,875 avg

e.g. Private Language Tutor / Teacher - £20 - £40 per hour, Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Southridge, Office Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Imports 37% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 30%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in NE26

• Whitley Bay Health Centre
• Marine Avenue Medical Ctr

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tynemouth:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases275 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks239 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth207 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after164 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  St Paul's Church, Whitley Bay · 0.2 km

  St Paul's Church is the parish church of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, United Kingdom.The church was founded in 1864. The church's official title is St Paul's Church, Cullercoats but it is located near the centre of th…

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  Whitley Bay Metro station · 0.3 km

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

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  Whitley Bay Ice Rink · 0.7 km

  Whitley Bay Ice Rink is an ice rink located in Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England and is the home of the Whitley Warriors ice hockey team. An additional team played out of the ice rink, the Newcastle Vipers, who are…

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  Whitley Bay · 0.7 km

  Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside…

• Whitley Bay Pier · 0.7 km

  Whitley Bay Pier was an unrealised pleasure pier to be built at Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, on the north-east coast of England. Substantial proposals for such a pier were first made in 1908; next in 1935-39 and lastl…

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  Whitley Bay F.C. · 0.7 km

  Whitley Bay Football Club, also known as The Seahorses, or simply The Bay, are an English football club based in the seaside town of Whitley Bay, in the North East county of Tyne and Wear. Initially founded as Whitley…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)