Boldon Colliery
WardThe south of the South Tyneside. About 8,967 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 5.3 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Boldon Colliery live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Boldon Colliery compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Boldon Colliery safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Boldon Colliery at a rate of 83.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 103.0 per 1,000 people across South Tyneside.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Boldon Colliery.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (264), anti-social behaviour (137) and other crime (125).
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 South Tyneside
These figures are published for the whole of South Tyneside, not for each ward, so they describe all of South Tyneside and not Boldon Colliery alone. See South Tyneside
Boldon Colliery in brief
Boldon Colliery had 8,844 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Boldon Colliery live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Boldon Colliery, 88.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Boldon Colliery, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.