Whitley Bay

21°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 13° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:27

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Sunderland Silksworth, United Kingdom

259 reported · July 2026▼ 3% YoY

• Shoplifting81
• Anti-social behaviour64
• Violence & sexual offences40
• Public order18

Neighbourhood team: Whitley Bay · Northumbria

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

228 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 272 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

444 food businesses within 2 miles

• 422 rated 4–5 ★ (384 top)
• 8 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

£203,813 average▲ 6% YoY

Across North Tyneside · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£851 average monthly rent▲ 6.8% YoY

• 1 bed £586
• 2 bed £731
• 3 bed £898

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 (5.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (7.1 km)

25 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 128 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

9% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

82 schools · 29,810 pupils

54 primary · 10 secondary · 18 other

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

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

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

164 CQC-registered services

• Care homes43
• GP practices26
• Dentists33
• Homecare agencies44
• 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)

138 applications decided

97.8% granted · 135 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Alan Campbell

Labour

Tynemouth

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority · directly-elected mayor

• Lab 37
• Con 8
• Grn 2
• Ref 11
• Oth 2

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

150 jobs advertised · £34,437 avg

e.g. Sales Representative, Customer Service Representative, Sales Advisor

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Imports 47% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 10%

14 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tynemouth:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office350 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership336 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s334 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership333 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases273 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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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)