# Most and least people in loud road or rail noise: places in North East (2021)

Newcastle upon Tyne had the highest share of people in loud road or rail noise of North East’s 12 councils in 2021, at 4.6%.

Hartlepool had the lowest, at 1.0%. The middle council, County Durham, had 1.8%.

Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas.

| Rank | Area | People in loud road or rail noise |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) | 4.6% |
| 2 | [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) | 3.1% |
| =3 | [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) | 2.8% |
| =3 | [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) | 2.8% |
| 5 | [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough) | 2.0% |
| 6 | [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) | 1.8% |
| 7 | [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland) | 1.6% |
| 8 | [Stockton-on-Tees](https://openindex.co.uk/stockton-on-tees) | 1.5% |
| =9 | [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington) | 1.3% |
| =9 | [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside) | 1.3% |
| 11 | [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland) | 1.2% |
| 12 | [Hartlepool](https://openindex.co.uk/hartlepool) | 1.0% |

Source: Worked out by Open Index from Defra's strategic noise maps and census output areas. Covers England. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/england)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/loud-transport-noise)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/loud-transport-noise)
- [The two measures side by side](https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode#vs=population&mode=blend)

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Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/loud-transport-noise/north-east