Newcastle upon Tyne: local statistics
Newcastle upon Tyne is a metropolitan borough in the North East, home to an estimated 320,838 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Newcastle upon Tyne, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The ONS estimates that 320,838 people lived in Newcastle upon Tyne in mid-2025, up 0.6% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 11.4%; the North East grew by 5.8% over the same years, the fastest growth of the 12 council areas in the North East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
A typical home in Newcastle upon Tyne cost £207,547 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 4.1% in twelve months. That is the 2nd highest of the 12 council areas in the North East (regional average £166,943). Prices are 33% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 5.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Newcastle upon Tyne. That ratio is the highest ratio of the 12 council areas in the North East.
A girl born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.9 years and a boy 77.5 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 less. It is the 3rd highest for women in the North East.
In March 2026, 11,775 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Newcastle upon Tyne, 13% more than in 2016. There are 37 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of the 12 council areas in the North East.
In August 2026, 8,755 people in Newcastle upon Tyne were on the claimant count, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.7% in the North East. The rate was the same a year earlier. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 3.8% (December 2025) and 6.4% (August 2021).
Police recorded 34,427 crimes in Newcastle upon Tyne in the year to March 2026, 107.3 for every 1,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 12 in the North East. The rate was 111.2 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 93.2 to 144.3 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Newcastle upon Tyne pays an average of £2,542.19 in council tax in 2026-27, 5.3% more than in 2025-26. It is 8th of 12 in the North East, counting from the highest. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,605.74, so it has risen 58%.
The median full-time employee living in Newcastle upon Tyne was paid £692.30 a week before tax in April 2025 (£35,446 a year). That is 0.0% above the figure for the North East and close to the middle of the 12 council areas in the North East (6th highest). Jobs based in Newcastle upon Tyne paid a median £716.30 a week, £24.00 more than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £495.90: a change of +40% before inflation.
An estimated 72.0% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Newcastle upon Tyne were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 3.8 points), against 71.8% across the North East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 65.2% to 72.2%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 287,955 |
| 2016 | 290,316 |
| 2017 | 291,759 |
| 2018 | 294,955 |
| 2019 | 297,087 |
| 2020 | 298,426 |
| 2021 | 298,545 |
| 2022 | 304,837 |
| 2023 | 313,354 |
| 2024 | 318,852 |
| 2025 | 320,838 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £155,753 |
| July 2017 | £155,392 |
| July 2018 | £157,628 |
| July 2019 | £155,602 |
| July 2020 | £159,199 |
| July 2021 | £168,382 |
| July 2022 | £181,536 |
| July 2023 | £183,114 |
| July 2024 | £189,473 |
| July 2025 | £199,401 |
| July 2026 | £207,547 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £495.90 a week |
| 2016 | £508.80 a week |
| 2017 | £532.80 a week |
| 2018 | £536.30 a week |
| 2019 | £560.30 a week |
| 2020 | £544.60 a week |
| 2021 | £601.90 a week |
| 2022 | £620.30 a week |
| 2023 | £635.40 a week |
| 2024 | £687.60 a week |
| 2025 | £692.30 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,605.74 |
| 2017-18 | £1,683.40 |
| 2018-19 | £1,772.23 |
| 2019-20 | £1,861.11 |
| 2020-21 | £1,930.47 |
| 2021-22 | £2,023.54 |
| 2022-23 | £2,088.27 |
| 2023-24 | £2,181.84 |
| 2024-25 | £2,293.59 |
| 2025-26 | £2,413.15 |
| 2026-27 | £2,542.19 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 93.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 115.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 138.5 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 144.3 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 126.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 96.1 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 118.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 120.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 119.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 111.2 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 107.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 65.2% |
| 2016/17 | 65.8% |
| 2017/18 | 68.5% |
| 2018/19 | 67.8% |
| 2019/20 | 67.0% |
| 2020/21 | 72.2% |
| 2021/22 | 69.8% |
| 2022/23 | 68.6% |
| 2023/24 | 69.2% |
| 2024/25 | 67.8% |
| 2025/26 | 72.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 81.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 82.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.8 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 81.7 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 10,460 |
| 2017 | 10,750 |
| 2018 | 10,820 |
| 2019 | 11,005 |
| 2020 | 11,175 |
| 2021 | 11,175 |
| 2022 | 11,360 |
| 2023 | 11,445 |
| 2024 | 11,405 |
| 2025 | 11,600 |
| 2026 | 11,775 |
Questions about Newcastle upon Tyne
What is the population of Newcastle upon Tyne?
320,838 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average house price in Newcastle upon Tyne?
£207,547 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+4.1% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Newcastle upon Tyne?
81.9 years for women and 77.5 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Newcastle upon Tyne?
The ONS claimant count was 8,755 in August 2026, 4.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Newcastle upon Tyne?
Home Office figures show 34,427 offences in the year to March 2026, or 107.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Newcastle upon Tyne?
£2,542.19 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Newcastle upon Tyne?
£692.30 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
Who has power over Newcastle upon Tyne
Every body that makes decisions for Newcastle upon Tyne, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Newcastle upon Tyne council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Newcastle upon Tyne in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Cramlington and Killingworth: Emma Foody (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- Hexham: Joe Morris (Labour) MP
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West: Dame Chi Onwurah (Labour) MP
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend: Mary Glindon (Labour) MP
- Newcastle upon Tyne North: Catherine McKinnell (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the North East
- UK figures: UK population · UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North East: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · North Tyneside · Northumberland · Stockton-on-Tees · Sunderland
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