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A town in Tyne and Wear, North East, home to 4,170 people.
Good value, with catches elsewhere. Health is a weak point: life expectancy is 75.8 for men and 78.9 for women. Overall, Easington Lane earns a C+: better than 38% of UK towns, and #20 of 34 in Tyne and Wear. Its strongest is cost of living (A): the median home sold for £105,000, 2.5 years of area income. Schools are a strength too — primary results beat just over half of towns in England; secondary results beat 87% of towns in England. Jobs and pay trail most towns: households earn a mean £41,194 a year, and 4.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Crime is the sore point: police record 40.7 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 27.3 home and vehicle crimes. Set beside UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, its crime per resident is higher than in 94%.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Easington Lane is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 3 things Easington Lane does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 2 buildings inside Easington Lane’s built-up area.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Easington Lane.
Just over a fifth of residents have a disability, higher than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (17%). There is no GP practice in Easington Lane: the nearest is 1.2 miles off. At the census, 7.5% of people here described their health as bad or very bad. The nearest A&E to Easington Lane is University Hospital North Durham, 6.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Easington Lane | Tyne and Wear | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 77% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.5% | 7.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 22% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
62% of pupils at the 10 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). There is one school here; it is shown below. GCSE results at the one secondary school within 3 km: 60% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 52.2.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easington Lane Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 281 | C |
Easington Lane logged 330 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 52 complaints of anti-social conduct. There were 17.5 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), about level with Tyne and Wear’s towns (18) and above England’s towns (7.8). Nearly two fifths of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For its size, Easington Lane has 5 listed buildings per 10,000 residents. The pre-1919 share of homes is 15%.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
53% of households own their home, below both Tyne and Wear’s towns (57%) and England’s towns (61%). Only one of the 34 towns in Tyne and Wear costs less to buy into than Easington Lane, whose median sale is £105,000. 141 standard sales inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 put the median at £105,000.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £193,750 | 28 |
| Semi-detached | £133,250 | 34 |
| Terraced | £83,499 | 78 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 25% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
16% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Tyne and Wear’s towns (27%) and England’s towns (27%). About 4% of its commuters stay in Easington Lane for work. Each working resident is matched by 0.1 jobs in the town.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. 13% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (18%). The middle age in Easington Lane is 35.8. Among adults, 23% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Easington Lane | Tyne and Wear | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 31% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 13% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.4% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Tyne and Wear and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Town in Tyne and Wear, England
Easington Lane is a built-up area of 4,170 people, in the Sunderland council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easington Lane | 4,170 | — | C+ | A | D | D− |
| Hetton-le-Hole | 8,968 | 0.9 | C | A− | D | D− |
| South Hetton | 2,877 | 1.2 | B− | A− | C | D |
| Haswell | 1,185 | 1.9 | — | A− | C | D− |
| Murton | 7,239 | 1.9 | C | A− | D− | D− |
| East Rainton | 1,476 | 2 | — | C+ | C+ | D |
| High Pittington | 1,147 | 2.4 | — | B+ | B− | C− |
| West Rainton | 2,323 | 2.7 | — | B | D | C− |
Haswell, East Rainton, High Pittington and West Rainton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £105,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £83,499, semi-detached houses £133,250 and detached houses £193,750.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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