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6,207 people call this town in Tyne and Wear, North East home.
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Incomes are on the low side: the mean household earns £40,498 a year. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat nine in ten towns in England; secondary results beat 74% of towns in England. A median £200,000 buys a home here, 4.2 times what households in the Newcastle upon Tyne council area earn in a year. Fewer journeys need a car: on the way to work, 25% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. All told, that adds up to a C overall, better than 30% of UK towns. The ranking puts it #24 of 34 in Tyne and Wear.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · income, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
Northumbria Police published 34 of the 36 months; rates are per year over the months published.
The 3 things Throckley 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 Throckley is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Throckley’s built-up area, and 2 scheduled monuments.
11% 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 Throckley.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.5 jobs in Throckley for each resident in work. Of the commuters living in the town, 9% work in the town itself. Short trips to work, under 5 km: 26%, below both Tyne and Wear’s towns (48%) and England’s towns (45%).
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Throckley Primary School’s results beat 98% of schools in England like it. Attainment 8 at the 2 secondary schools within 3 km averages 47.9, and 56% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. The town has one school, shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the 16 primary schools within 3 km: 71% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Throckley Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 448 | A+ |
The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below both Tyne and Wear’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). 18% of residents are children under 15. The age that splits Throckley in two is 41.8. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Throckley | Tyne and Wear | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 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
The nearest A&E to Throckley is Royal Victoria Infirmary, 5.6 miles away. Three quarters of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (82%). Disability touches 23% of the town’s population.
| Census 2021 | Throckley | Tyne and Wear | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 8.2% | 7.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Census health answers are raw, so younger towns score better on them; for the Health Grade we use age-adjusted figures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 27.1 reports per 1,000, above both Tyne and Wear’s towns (18) and England’s towns (7.8). Per 1,000 residents, 36.4 violent crimes are recorded each year. Over the year to August 2026, 370 offences were reported in Throckley, along with 136 incidents of anti-social behaviour. For its size, Throckley records more crime per resident than 86% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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
Just over one in ten households rent privately. Private rents average £1,215 a month across the Newcastle upon Tyne council area. Owners make up 55% of households, about level with Tyne and Wear’s towns (57%) and below England’s towns (61%).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £322,000 | 103 |
| Semi-detached | £160,000 | 127 |
| Terraced | £157,497 | 74 |
| Flat or maisonette | £49,950 | 9 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Throckley has 4 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, all Grade II. 2 scheduled monuments lie in the town. Scaled to its population, Throckley has 6 listed buildings per 10,000 people, below Tyne and Wear’s towns (8) and England’s towns (39) alike.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Throckley. Best known first.
Museum · National TrustGeorge Stephenson's Birthplace2.5 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumNewburn Hall Motor Museum400 m outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumPath Head Watermill2.8 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumRailway Museum3.2 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteDenton Burn Hadrian's Wall3.1 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
4 listed buildings in Throckley.
Church of St Mary: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Valve House West of Junction with Coach Road: Photo: Andrew Curtis · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Throckley | 6,207 | — | C | C− | C− | C− |
| Newburn | 1,475 | 1 | — | C | D− | D |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall | 1,300 | 1.4 | — | C+ | A | A+ |
| Ryton | 8,804 | 1.6 | B− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Crawcrook and Greenside | 7,544 | 2.5 | B+ | B− | B | C |
| Wylam | 1,661 | 2.8 | — | C+ | A+ | B+ |
| Blaydon | 14,237 | 3 | C− | B− | D | D |
| Ponteland | 10,149 | 3.2 | A | C− | B+ | A |
Newburn, Heddon-on-the-Wall and Wylam have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Secondary results beat 74%. One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Newcastle upon Tyne council.
Police recorded 370 crimes inside Throckley’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 49% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £200,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £49,950, terraced houses £157,497, semi-detached houses £160,000 and detached houses £322,000. Household incomes are lower than in 93% of UK towns, so cost of living grades C−.
Town in Tyne and Wear, England
Throckley is a built-up area of 6,207 people, in the Newcastle upon Tyne 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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