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12,180 people live in this town in Tyne and Wear, North East.
What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Housing is within reach (A−): homes sell for a median £160,000, about 3.3 times local household income. Overall, Killingworth earns a B, better than 64% of UK towns. Its place in the ranking is #7 of 34 in Tyne and Wear. Walkability is another plus (A) — nearly a quarter of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Health is a weak point (C): life expectancy is 79.1 for men and 83.9 for women. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools and C+ for jobs & income.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021 · life expectancy and income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The thing Killingworth does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Killingworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 9 buildings inside Killingworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*, and 1 scheduled monument.
2% 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 Killingworth.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
2% of homes were built before 1919. Killingworth has one scheduled monument. It has 7 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Some 2,680 pupils attend Killingworth’s five primaries and one secondary. Of its 6 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Secondary results at the 4 secondary schools within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 48.4, with 49% at grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Green Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 469 | A |
| George Stephenson High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,233 | B |
| Westmoor Primary SchoolTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 343 | A− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 30% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Average household income is £45K a year before tax. At the census, 23% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (27%) and England’s towns (27%). In addition, just over two in five commuters travelled under 5 km to work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Owners make up 65% of households, higher than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (57%) and England’s towns (61%). Social housing holds 23% of households. Private rents average £857 a month across the North Tyneside council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £290,000 | 85 |
| Semi-detached | £170,000 | 103 |
| Terraced | £148,725 | 196 |
| Flat or maisonette | £87,500 | 51 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. The nearest A&E to Killingworth is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 2.4 miles away. At the census, 19% of people here had a disability, between Tyne and Wear’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Killingworth | Tyne and Wear | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.8% | 7.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Violent crime ran at 30.2 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than Tyne and Wear’s towns (32.7) yet higher than England’s towns (22). Police figures for Killingworth’s built-up area: 707 crimes and 220 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Of all the crimes, 37% were 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.
Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older. Half of Killingworth is older than 43.6, half younger. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, below both Tyne and Wear’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%).
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Killingworth | Tyne and Wear | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Tyne and Wear and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Killingworth. Best known first.
GardenGosforth Central Park3.5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumStephenson Railway Museum3.4 km outside town, to the southeast
Historic houseJesmond Dene House3.7 km outside town, to the southwest
Heritage railwayNorth Tyneside Steam Railway4.6 km outside town, to the southeastZooZooPets' Corner4.3 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumSegedunum4.6 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
9 listed buildings in Killingworth.
Burradon Tower, Burradon Farm: Photo: Steve M · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St John the Evangelist: Photo: Killingworth Township 1966 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killingworth | 12,180 | — | B | A− | C | C |
| Longbenton | 26,882 | 1.4 | B | A− | C | C− |
| Backworth | 4,483 | 1.4 | C+ | C+ | C− | C− |
| Dudley | 4,799 | 1.5 | C+ | A | C− | D |
| Seghill | 2,799 | 1.8 | C | A− | C− | D |
| Shiremoor | 6,965 | 2.4 | B+ | A− | C | C− |
| Wideopen | 9,150 | 2.5 | B+ | C+ | B | C+ |
| Seaton Burn | 1,354 | 2.6 | — | A | C− | C+ |
Seaton Burn has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets 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 £160,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £87,500, terraced houses £148,725, semi-detached houses £170,000 and detached houses £290,000.
About the middle for its size: 53% of the 645 UK towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C.
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Town in Tyne and Wear, England
Killingworth is a built-up area of 12,180 people, in the North Tyneside 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
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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