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Blacktop

Blacktop is a village in the City of Aberdeen, Scotland, with a population of around 1,000. It has 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Aberdeen, 7.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Blacktop area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Aberdeen City area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).

Council
Aberdeen City
County
City of Aberdeen
Constituency
Aberdeen South
Police force
Scotland
Some panels draw on England & Wales-only official data, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care services, private rents, affordability and life expectancy aren’t shown for Scottish areas. Population, deprivation (SIMD), house prices, weather, food hygiene, council control, fuel and more still apply.

Weather

8°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 4° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:22Sunset 16:22

9h 1m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

11US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Aberdeen Wellington Road, United Kingdom

Road safety

65 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 75 casualties · 2.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

62 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 passed
  • 6 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Aberdeen (8.2 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.7p · Asda (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 195.7p · Asda (6.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

53 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Lloyd's Register (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

230,180 residents in Aberdeen City

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 67%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 10% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

Your MP

Douglas Lumsden

Conservative

Aberdeen South

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

SNP / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 11
  • Con 6
  • LD 3
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 19

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£782 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,466 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Grid electricity

100% low-carbon electricity

Wind 93% · Solar 7%

0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for North Scotland · National Grid ESO

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Aberdeen South:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Countesswells · 1.4 km

    Countesswells is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland.

  • Tor-na-Dee Hospital · 2.4 km

    Tor-Na-Dee Hospital was a health facility at Milltimber, Aberdeen, Scotland.

  • Milltimber · 2.7 km

    Milltimber is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, around 6 miles (10 km) west of Aberdeen city centre. From 1854 to 1937 the area was served by Milltimber railway station on the Aberdeen suburban railway.

  • Murtle railway station · 2.7 km

    Murtle railway station, later Murtle Halt railway station served Murtle and Beaconhill Houses and estates, the Mill of Murtle, Milton of Murtle, the local farms and the inhabitants of this rural area within the parish…

  • Bieldside Cairn · 2.7 km

    Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hair…

  • Bieldside · 2.8 km

    Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland. It has one pub/restaurant, The Bieldside, a foodstore, a hair…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

Compare Aberdeen City with nearby areas

Frequently asked questions

Where is Blacktop?
Blacktop is a town in City of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Aberdeen City local authority.
How deprived is Blacktop?
The Aberdeen City local authority, which includes Blacktop, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.