North Tyneside: local statistics
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the North East, home to an estimated 215,401 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 North Tyneside, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in North Tyneside took home £727.20 a week before tax (£37,063 a year). It is the 2nd highest in the North East, and 5.1% more than across the North East. The workplace figure, £724.00, is within £5 of it. In 2015 the residents' median was £503.00, so it has risen 45% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 17,580 offences were recorded by police in North Tyneside: 81.6 per 1,000 people, the 2nd lowest rate in the North East. The rate was 81.1 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 100.5, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in North Tyneside is 82.0 years for women and 78.2 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.6 years for women and +0.4 for men. It is the 2nd highest for women in the North East.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 75.1% of North Tyneside residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 3.7 points either way, against 71.8% across the North East. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.3% and its highest 79.3%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in North Tyneside at £205,744 for July 2026, a rise of 6.5% in twelve months. Among council areas that puts it the 3rd highest of all 12 council areas in the North East (regional average £166,943). Prices are 43% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in North Tyneside (£37,063) gives a ratio of 5.6. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio in the North East.
3.3% of North Tyneside residents aged 16 to 64 (4,330 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026; the rate for the North East was 3.7%. A year earlier the rate was 3.1%. The five-year high was 5.0% (August 2021); the low was 3.1% (October 2025).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in North Tyneside is £2,461.77, 5.4% more than in 2025-26. It is the 3rd lowest of all 12 council areas in the North East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,550.58.
North Tyneside had an estimated 215,401 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.6% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.1% (the North East: +5.8%). That is close to the middle of all 12 council areas in the North East (6th fastest growth). No earlier year in the series was higher.
6,830 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in North Tyneside in March 2026, 11% more than in 2016. That is 32 for every 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 12 council areas in the North East (7th highest).
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 202,953 |
| 2016 | 203,743 |
| 2017 | 204,492 |
| 2018 | 205,766 |
| 2019 | 207,294 |
| 2020 | 208,015 |
| 2021 | 209,128 |
| 2022 | 210,444 |
| 2023 | 212,157 |
| 2024 | 214,110 |
| 2025 | 215,401 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £143,665 |
| July 2017 | £144,645 |
| July 2018 | £148,001 |
| July 2019 | £151,571 |
| July 2020 | £153,860 |
| July 2021 | £166,638 |
| July 2022 | £184,444 |
| July 2023 | £185,968 |
| July 2024 | £183,417 |
| July 2025 | £193,217 |
| July 2026 | £205,744 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £503.00 a week |
| 2016 | £514.80 a week |
| 2017 | £545.50 a week |
| 2018 | £542.60 a week |
| 2019 | £574.90 a week |
| 2020 | £563.20 a week |
| 2021 | £575.10 a week |
| 2022 | £619.10 a week |
| 2023 | £651.50 a week |
| 2024 | £709.90 a week |
| 2025 | £727.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,550.58 |
| 2017-18 | £1,626.12 |
| 2018-19 | £1,712.80 |
| 2019-20 | £1,784.71 |
| 2020-21 | £1,851.58 |
| 2021-22 | £1,941.46 |
| 2022-23 | £2,004.36 |
| 2023-24 | £2,112.34 |
| 2024-25 | £2,220.47 |
| 2025-26 | £2,336.45 |
| 2026-27 | £2,461.77 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 51.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 78.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 92.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 100.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 95.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 79.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 84.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 85.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 83.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 81.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 81.6 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.7% |
| 2016/17 | 75.4% |
| 2017/18 | 75.9% |
| 2018/19 | 74.3% |
| 2019/20 | 79.3% |
| 2020/21 | 74.9% |
| 2021/22 | 72.5% |
| 2022/23 | 73.8% |
| 2023/24 | 71.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71.3% |
| 2025/26 | 75.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 82.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.3 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 82.4 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 82.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 82.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 82.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 82.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 82.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 6,150 |
| 2017 | 6,355 |
| 2018 | 6,410 |
| 2019 | 6,505 |
| 2020 | 6,595 |
| 2021 | 6,630 |
| 2022 | 6,630 |
| 2023 | 6,690 |
| 2024 | 6,630 |
| 2025 | 6,745 |
| 2026 | 6,830 |
Questions about North Tyneside
What is the average salary in North Tyneside?
Median pay for full-time employees living in North Tyneside was £727.20 a week in April 2025 (£37,063 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in North Tyneside?
Home Office figures show 17,580 offences in the year to March 2026, or 81.6 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in North Tyneside?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 78.2 years for men and 82.0 for women.
What is the average house price in North Tyneside?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £205,744.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in North Tyneside?
The ONS claimant count was 4,330 in August 2026, 3.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in North Tyneside?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,461.77 for 2026-27.
What is the population of North Tyneside?
215,401 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over North Tyneside
Every body that makes decisions for North Tyneside, 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
- North Tyneside council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- North Tyneside 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
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend: Mary Glindon (Labour) MP
- Newcastle upon Tyne North: Catherine McKinnell (Labour) MP
- Tynemouth: Sir Alan Campbell (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 average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the North East: Gateshead · Middlesbrough · Redcar and Cleveland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-Tees · Sunderland
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