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Windy Nook & Whitehills

Ward

East Gateshead. About 9,091 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 96% of people in Windy Nook & Whitehills live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,948
Joint 2,952nd most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
96%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
99.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Windy Nook & Whitehills compares

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

Windy Nook & WhitehillsMiddle
Population22 wards, Gateshead · 2021
Population: every ward in Gateshead22 areas from 7,887 to 10,796. The middle area is 8,836. Windy Nook & Whitehills is 8,948.
8,94810th most 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%. Windy Nook & Whitehills is 96.0%.
96%5th 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%. Windy Nook & Whitehills is 99.9%.
99.9%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%. Windy Nook & Whitehills is 5.2%.
5.2%5th highest

Is Windy Nook & Whitehills safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Windy Nook & Whitehills at a rate of 81.8 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, 59 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Windy Nook & Whitehills.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (237), anti-social behaviour (206) and other crime (116).

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 Windy Nook & Whitehills 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
Windy Nook & Whitehills in brief

Windy Nook & Whitehills had 8,948 usual residents at the census.

About 96% of people in Windy Nook & Whitehills live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Windy Nook & Whitehills, 99.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Windy Nook & Whitehills, 5.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.