# Killingworth Town in North Tyneside, North East. Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside, North East. Median sale price £175,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 71.7 per 1,000 people. About 12,296 people. Town. Code E63000066. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) Killingworth is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Killingworth add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own. ## Key figures - **Median sale price: £175,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Killingworth was £175,000 in 2025. Joint 126th cheapest of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,180** (2021). Killingworth had 12,180 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 366th least populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 1%** (2022). About 1% of people in Killingworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.6%** (January 2026). In Killingworth, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000066) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 1% of people in Killingworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. - [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63000066) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 161 homes were sold in Killingworth in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000066) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Killingworth. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000066) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Killingworth had 12,180 usual residents at the census. ## How Killingworth compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Killingworth | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £175,000 | 23rd most expensive | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 12,180 | 19th least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 1% | joint 12th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 91.6% | 20th lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Killingworth safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Killingworth at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people. That compares with 115.6 per 1,000 people across North East. Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people. In August 2026 alone, 99 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Killingworth. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (240), anti-social behaviour (224) and other crime (128). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Killingworth was 97.2 per 1,000 people. 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. ## Deprivation in Killingworth, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Killingworth has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Killingworth | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [North Tyneside 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008504) | 1,505 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% | | [North Tyneside 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008475) | 1,593 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% | | [North Tyneside 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008476) | 1,775 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% | | [North Tyneside 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008477) | 1,810 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% | | [North Tyneside 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008479) | 1,516 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% | | [North Tyneside 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008506) | 1,375 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% | | [North Tyneside 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008507) | 1,696 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% | ## Your MP - [Cramlington and Killingworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cramlington-and-killingworth): Emma Foody (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API. ## Council [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) ## Postcode districts covering Killingworth [NE12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12) ## Middle areas in Killingworth [Killingworth East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/killingworth-east), [Killingworth West & Camperdown](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/killingworth-west-and-camperdown) ## Towns near Killingworth [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longbenton), [Wideopen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wideopen), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Cramlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cramlington) ## Killingworth in brief Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside, North East. About 12,296 people lived in Killingworth in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 161 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Killingworth was £175,000 in 2025. Killingworth had 12,180 usual residents at the census. About 1% of people in Killingworth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Killingworth, 91.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000066 - Constituency: [Cramlington and Killingworth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cramlington-and-killingworth) - Council: [North Tyneside †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.59 km² - People, mid-2024: 12,296* - Neighbourhoods: 7 - Output areas: 43 * People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact. † Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs. ## Next door [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longbenton), [Wideopen](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wideopen), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Cramlington](https://openindex.co.uk/town/cramlington) ## Latest updates for Killingworth - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000066 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth#f-house-sales-median-price. 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