Tynemouth’s weakest subject is safety: 40.4 violent or sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, plus 20.9 home and vehicle crimes. Only 47% of UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more have more crime per resident. It also trails on health (D) — men here can expect to live to 77.3, women to 82. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): on the way to work, 26% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. Buying the median home, at £211,000, takes 4.3 years of household income in the North Tyneside council area. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 48% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #15 of 34 in Tyne and Wear.
Figures: commuting, Census 2021 · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
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 Tynemouth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tynemouth.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
Tynemouth is more walkable than nine in ten UK towns
26%walk, cycle or ride
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.
Before tax, the average household brings in £47K a year. 4% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, above both Tyne and Wear’s towns (3.2%) and England’s towns (2.3%). Tynemouth counts 1.4 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
SchoolsB+
School results in Tynemouth are better than in 75% of towns in England
B+School Grade
Of its 22 schools, three are shown below, each with the reason. Monkhouse Primary School’s results beat nine in ten schools in England like it. GCSE results at the town’s 5 secondary schools: 53% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 49.9.
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsSee all 22 schools →
Safety
More crimes per resident in Tynemouth than in 89% of UK towns
40.4violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearDSafety Grade
Town centres with shops, stations and nightlife record more crime per resident: police.uk counts crimes where they happen, not where victims live.
Violence and sexual offences made up 36% of the total. In the 12 months to August 2026, police logged 5,458 crimes and 1,305 reports of anti-social behaviour inside Tynemouth’s built-up area. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 25.5 reports per 1,000, above Tyne and Wear’s towns (18) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 47% of the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
More crimeLess crime
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual1,946
Shoplifting1,107
Damage & arson584
Public order443
Other theft315
Vehicle crime273
Burglary267
Other crime185
Anti-social1,305
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.
40.4
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
20.9
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
25.5
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
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.
Health
Tynemouth’s life expectancy trails 82% of UK towns
78%good or very good healthDHealth Grade
4 GP practices serve the town; 83% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 6.7% of residents described their health as bad or very bad, lower than Tyne and Wear’s towns (7.1%) yet higher than England’s towns (5.2%). Disability touches just over a fifth of Tynemouth’s population.
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
HousingCost of living grade B+
The median home in Tynemouth sells for £211K, against £170K in Tyne and Wear’s towns and £308K in England’s towns
£211Kmedian sale
Social housing holds just over a fifth of households. Private rents average £857 a month across the North Tyneside council area. 19% rent privately, above Tyne and Wear’s towns (17%) but below England’s towns (21%).
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Tynemouth£211K
Typical UK town£277K
By type
Median
Sales
Detached
£350,000
245
Semi-detached
£255,000
694
Terraced
£227,500
855
Flat or maisonette
£143,687
758
60%
of households own their home · England 61%
19%
rent privately · England 21%
£857
average private rent a month, North Tyneside council area
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
Tynemouth has fewer young adults than Tyne and Wear’s towns or England’s towns: 9.3% are 15 to 24
44.3median age
Those 65 and older account for just over a fifth of residents. Typical age in Tynemouth: 44.3, the median. 16% are under 15, about level with Tyne and Wear’s towns (17%) and below England’s towns (18%).
TynemouthTyne and WearEngland
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications18%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar17%
Degree level33%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenEnglandMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
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About Tynemouth
Large town in Tyne and Wear, England
Tynemouth is a built-up area of 60,611 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.
About the middle for its size: 53% of the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more report less crime per resident. Against all UK towns, most of them far smaller, it grades D.
Is Tynemouth expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £211,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £143,687, terraced houses £227,500, semi-detached houses £255,000 and detached houses £350,000.
Are schools in Tynemouth good?
GCSE results beat 75% of towns in England, and primary results beat 65% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
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.
