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Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay

Ward

East Gateshead. About 8,588 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 55% of people in Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,379
Joint 3,206th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
55%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Pelaw, Heworth & Bill QuayMiddle
Population22 wards, Gateshead · 2021
Population: every ward in Gateshead22 areas from 7,887 to 10,796. The middle area is 8,836. Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay is 8,379.
8,3795th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares22 wards, Gateshead · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Gateshead22 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 38.5%. Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay is 55.0%.
55%9th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage22 wards, Gateshead · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Gateshead22 areas from 59.7% to 99.9%. The middle area is 93.9%. Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay is 98.6%.
98.6%2nd highest
Claimant rate22 wards, Gateshead · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Gateshead22 areas from 1.5% to 6.6%. The middle area is 4.1%. Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay is 3.6%.
3.6%10th lowest

Is Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay at a rate of 76.0 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 95.2 per 1,000 people across Gateshead.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 71 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (201), anti-social behaviour (113) and other crime (110).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Gateshead

These figures are published for the whole of Gateshead, not for each ward, so they describe all of Gateshead and not Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay alone. See Gateshead

Average house price
£156,036
Up 4.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£34,199
37th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.6×
Joint 28th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
28.1
53rd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay in brief

Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay had 8,379 usual residents at the census.

About 55% of people in Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Pelaw, Heworth & Bill Quay, 3.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.