Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South
WardThe east of the North Tyneside. About 11,213 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 81% of people in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South at a rate of 55.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 89.4 per 1,000 people across North Tyneside.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 66 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (161), violence and sexual offences (129) and other crime (99).
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 North Tyneside
These figures are published for the whole of North Tyneside, not for each ward, so they describe all of North Tyneside and not Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South alone. See North Tyneside
Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South in brief
Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South had 11,048 usual residents at the census.
About 81% of people in Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.