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Woolsington

Woolsington is a village in Tyne & Wear, England. It has around 9 restaurants and cafés, with 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station at Airport, 1 km away. There were around 15 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Woolsington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Newcastle upon Tyne area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 300,125 residents at roughly 2,646 people per km².

Council
Newcastle upon Tyne
County
Tyne & Wear
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Police force
Northumbria
35/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 259th of 294 English council areas — better than 12% of them.

Low crime8
Home affordability87
Affordable rents36
Good schools63
Life expectancy23
Low deprivation23
Employment30
Low council tax23

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

12°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 15% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:31

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newcastle Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

23 reported · July 2026 35% YoY

  • Other theft6
  • Shoplifting5
  • Other crime5
  • Violence & sexual offences3

Neighbourhood team: Gosforth and Great Park · Northumbria

Local policing priorities

  • Vehicle Crime
  • Shoplifting

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

46 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 44 rated 4–5 ★ (42 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: Tyne estuary

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Airport (1.0 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Blaydon (8.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£208,589 average 6.7% YoY

Across Newcastle upon Tyne · to 2026-06

Detached£403,134
Semi-detached£239,436
Terraced£207,886
Flat£129,028

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.9p · BP (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · BP (9.7 km)

29 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

44 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 75 kW
  • Nearest: Newcastle Airport (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

300,125 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne · 2,646/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 68%
  • 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,542 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 140,770)

A £1,695
B £1,977
C £2,260
D £2,542
E £3,107
F £3,672
G £4,237
H £5,084

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • St Mary's Catholic SchoolOutstanding
  • Callerton AcademyGood
  • Gosforth AcademyGood
  • Jesmond Park AcademyGood
  • St Cuthbert's High SchoolGood
  • Walbottle AcademyGood
  • Benfield School
  • Kenton School
  • North East Futures UTC
  • Sacred Heart Catholic High School
  • Studio West
  • Walker Riverside Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Newcastle upon Tyne

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

270 applications decided

83% granted · 224 granted, 46 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Liberal Democrat (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

16 jobs advertised · £30,979 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Food and Beverage Attendant

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Hexham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • RAF Woolsington · 0.2 km

    Royal Air Force Woolsington, or more simply RAF Woolsington, was a civilian airfield that was taken over by the RAF in 1939. It was returned to civilian use in 1946 and is now Newcastle International Airport.

  • Newcastle International Airport · 0.4 km

    Newcastle International Airport is an international airport serving Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Located approximately 7.7 mi (12.4 km) from Newcastle City Centre, it is the primary airport in North East England. In…

  • Woolsington Hall · 0.8 km

    Woolsington Hall is a Grade II* listed country house in a 92-acre (37 ha) estate, in the village of Woolsington, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, north-west of the city centre, and immediately south of Newcastle Airpo…

  • Newcastle Airport Metro station · 1.0 km

    Airport is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Newcastle International Airport in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It opened as a terminus station in 1991, following the completion of the extension from Ban…

  • Druid Park · 1.1 km

    Druid Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Woolsington, north Newcastle upon Tyne in England. It is currently used for football and rugby union matches and was the home stadium of Gosforth RFC from 2007–2014. Druid Park…

  • Callerton railway station · 1.2 km

    Callerton was a railway station on the Ponteland Railway, which ran between South Gosforth and Ponteland, with a sub-branch line to Darras Hall. The station served Woolsington in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was opened in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Woolsington?
Woolsington is a town in Tyne & Wear, England, in the Newcastle upon Tyne local authority.
How deprived is Woolsington?
The Newcastle upon Tyne local authority, which includes Woolsington, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.