Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
9,150 people call this town in Tyne and Wear, North East home.
Wideopen’s standout strength is schools — primary results beat just over three fifths of towns in England; secondary results beat 89% of towns in England. Health lags (C+): men here can expect to live to 79.2, women to 83.8. It takes 4.6 years of household income in the North Tyneside council area to buy the median home, at £225,000. The overall grade comes out at B+, #4 of 34 in Tyne and Wear. That leaves it better than three quarters of UK towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
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 Wideopen is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The 2 things Wideopen does most differently from other towns.
Historic England lists 4 buildings inside Wideopen’s built-up area.
7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →4 listed buildings in Wideopen.
Brunswick Village War Memorial: Photo: Geoff Holland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · North Lodge: Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wideopen.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 7% of the total, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (16%). Grade II covers all 4 listed buildings that Historic England records here.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Some 508 pupils attend Wideopen’s two primaries. Hazlewood Community Primary School’s results beat 77% of schools in England like it. Below is one of its 2 schools, and why it was picked. Key Stage 2 results at the town’s 2 primary schools: 64% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazlewood Community Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 287 | A− |
Children are 14% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (12%). The middle age in Wideopen is 46.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Wideopen | Tyne and Wear | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 13% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.4% | 6.6% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 34% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Tyne and Wear and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
2 GP practices serve the town; just over three quarters of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 5.9% of the town. 20% of residents have a disability, between Tyne and Wear’s towns (21%) and England’s towns (17%).
| Census 2021 | Wideopen | Tyne and Wear | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 79% | 78% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 7.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 21% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Homes saw 9.7 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, lower than Tyne and Wear’s towns (17.2) and near England’s towns (9.4). Reported offences in Wideopen came to 299 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 126. Violence and sexual offences made up two fifths of the total.
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 Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 32% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
At the census, 16% 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%). Driving is how 81% of commuters got to work at the census. About 6% of its commuters stay in Wideopen for work. The 2026 claimant rate among 16 to 64s was 2.4%.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
11% rent privately, lower than both Tyne and Wear’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (21%). Social housing holds 13% of households. Private rents average £966 a month across the North Tyneside council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £342,500 | 186 |
| Semi-detached | £205,000 | 279 |
| Terraced | £186,000 | 120 |
| Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | 30 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Town in Tyne and Wear, England
Wideopen is a built-up area of 9,150 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
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wideopen | 9,150 | — | B+ | C+ | B | C+ |
| Seaton Burn | 1,354 | 0.8 | — | A | C− | C+ |
| Dudley | 4,799 | 1.7 | C+ | A | C− | D |
| Dinnington | 2,366 | 1.9 | — | D | B | C− |
| Killingworth | 12,180 | 2.5 | B | A− | C | C |
| Longbenton | 26,882 | 3 | B | A− | C | C− |
| Seghill | 2,799 | 3.3 | C | A− | C− | D |
| Cramlington | 28,846 | 3.3 | B− | A− | C | C |
Seaton Burn and Dinnington have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Secondary schools stand out: GCSE results beat 89% of towns in England. Primary results are closer to the middle, beating 61%. Wideopen has 2 state schools; places are handled by North Tyneside council.
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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