Home › UK › Tyne and Wear England · County Find your town in Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear has 34 towns of 2,500 or more and 12 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.
34 graded towns
3 grade A− or better
12 villages and smaller places
Newcastle upon Tyne largest · 286,472
How Tyne and Wear compares: its report card → Tyne and Wear at a glance What Tyne and Wear is like The typical Tyne and Wear town grades highest on walkability and outdoors against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
The typical town, subject by subject The median Tyne and Wear town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town
Walkability A− ahead of 78% Outdoors A− ahead of 77% Schools B ahead of 62% Cost of living B ahead of 58% Hazard risk B ahead of 56% Jobs & income C ahead of 28% Safety C− ahead of 19% Health D ahead of 15% The finder
Find a town that’s… 34 towns · ordered by Tyne and Wear rank
#1 in Tyne and Wear A Town · 4,599 people · #281 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ Jobs & incomeA+ HealthLowest D Cost of living
#2 in Tyne and Wear A− Large town · 36,876 people · #426 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Jobs & incomeA− WalkabilityLowest C Cost of living
#3 in Tyne and Wear A− Town · 6,795 people · #515 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Jobs & incomeB+ HealthLowest C+ Cost of living
#4 in Tyne and Wear B+ Town · 9,150 people · #528 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− SchoolsLowest C+ Health
#5 in Tyne and Wear B+ Town · 7,544 people · #537 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A SchoolsA Hazard riskLowest C Health
#6 in Tyne and Wear B+ Town · 6,965 people · #676 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#7 in Tyne and Wear B Town · 12,180 people · #758 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA WalkabilityLowest C Health
#8 in Tyne and Wear B Town · 15,680 people · #761 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityA− SchoolsLowest C Cost of living
#9 in Tyne and Wear B Town · 3,422 people · #763 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− SchoolsLowest C+ Health
#10 in Tyne and Wear B Large town · 26,882 people · #831 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest C− Health
#11 in Tyne and Wear B Town · 5,082 people · #912 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskB+ SchoolsLowest C− Health
#12 in Tyne and Wear B− Town · 16,900 people · #1,024 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Cost of livingB Hazard riskLowest C− Health
#13 in Tyne and Wear B− Town · 6,945 people · #1,074 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsA− Cost of livingLowest D Health
#14 in Tyne and Wear B− Town · 12,552 people · #1,102 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsA− Cost of livingLowest D Safety
#15 in Tyne and Wear B− Large town · 60,611 people · #1,104 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Safety
#16 in Tyne and Wear B− Town · 8,804 people · #1,111 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− SchoolsB+ WalkabilityLowest D Hazard risk
#17 in Tyne and Wear B− Large town · 51,318 people · #1,169 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingA− WalkabilityLowest D Health
#18 in Tyne and Wear C+ Town · 4,799 people · #1,246 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA− WalkabilityLowest D Health
#19 in Tyne and Wear C+ City · 168,323 people · #1,284 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest D Health
#20 in Tyne and Wear C+ Town · 4,170 people · #1,314 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Cost of livingA Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#21 in Tyne and Wear C+ Town · 4,483 people · #1,332 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ Jobs & incomeB Hazard riskLowest C− Safety
#22 in Tyne and Wear C Town · 8,968 people · #1,408 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− Cost of livingB+ WalkabilityLowest D− Health
#23 in Tyne and Wear C Town · 13,840 people · #1,424 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− WalkabilityLowest D Health
#24 in Tyne and Wear C Town · 6,207 people · #1,494 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA SchoolsLowest D Jobs & income
#25 in Tyne and Wear C Large town · 45,351 people · #1,495 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityA− Cost of livingLowest D Health
#26 in Tyne and Wear C Large town · 73,326 people · #1,551 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB Hazard riskLowest D Safety
#27 in Tyne and Wear C Town · 5,254 people · #1,585 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest B+ WalkabilityB− Hazard riskLowest D− Schools
#28 in Tyne and Wear C Town · 6,071 people · #1,587 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A− WalkabilityB Cost of livingLowest D Health
#29 in Tyne and Wear C− City · 115,278 people · #1,612 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB SchoolsLowest D Health
#30 in Tyne and Wear C− Town · 14,237 people · #1,617 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB SchoolsLowest D Safety
#31 in Tyne and Wear C− Large town · 21,341 people · #1,627 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA WalkabilityLowest D Health
#32 in Tyne and Wear C− Large town · 29,467 people · #1,765 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A WalkabilityB+ Hazard riskLowest D− Health
#33 in Tyne and Wear C− City · 286,472 people · #1,791 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A+ WalkabilityB+ SchoolsLowest D Safety
#34 in Tyne and Wear D Town · 2,530 people · #1,887 of 2,138 nationally
Strongest A Hazard riskA− WalkabilityLowest D− Jobs & income
Show all 34 towns Dots: each town’s overall grade, sized by population. Labels: the top five.
Go deeper Tyne and Wear lists Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
All Tyne and Wear rankings → Villages and small towns 12 smaller places in Tyne and Wear Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.
4 places under 1,000 people Photos: 0: Christine Johnstone · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 1: Robert Graham · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2: Mark Smiles · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 3: Thomas Harrison Hair · Public domain · 5: C G Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 6: The original uploader was Killingworth Township 1966 at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 9: Graham Robson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 10: David Martin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 12: P Glenwright · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 15: Anthony Foster · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 17: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 18: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 19: peter robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 20: Andrew Tryon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 22: Trevor Littlewood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 23: Phil Thirkell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 24: Stephen Richards · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 27: Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 29: Chris Bell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 32: Tagishsimon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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