# South Shields

Town in South Tyneside, North East.

South Shields is a town in South Tyneside, North East. Median sale price £160,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 120.5 per 1,000 people. About 74,784 people.

Town. Code E63000087. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside)

South Shields is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Shields 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: £160,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in South Shields was £160,000 in 2025. Joint 83rd 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/south-shields#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 73,326** (2021). South Shields had 73,326 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 151st most 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/south-shields#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 98%** (2022). About 98% of people in South Shields 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/south-shields#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.3%** (January 2026). In South Shields, 92.3% 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/south-shields#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000087) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 98% of people in South Shields 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=E63000087) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 797 homes were sold in South Shields in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000087) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for South Shields.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000087) (Census 2021, England and Wales): South Shields had 73,326 usual residents at the census.

## How South Shields compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | South Shields | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £160,000 | joint 28th cheapest | 60 towns, North East · 2025 |
| Population | 73,326 | 8th most populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 98% | 4th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.3% | 23rd lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 |

## Is South Shields safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Shields at a rate of 120.5 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, 883 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Shields.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,780), anti-social behaviour (1,899) and other crime (1,395).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Shields was 143.9 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 South Shields, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Shields has no single figure. Of its 53 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 16 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 14 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in South Shields

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Tyneside 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008595) | 1,414 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.8% |
| [South Tyneside 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008596) | 1,416 | 642.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| [South Tyneside 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008597) | 2,332 | 217.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.6% |
| [South Tyneside 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008598) | 1,470 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| [South Tyneside 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008599) | 1,444 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.5% |
| [South Tyneside 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008664) | 1,214 | 526.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| [South Tyneside 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008665) | 1,254 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008666) | 1,848 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.9% |
| [South Tyneside 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008667) | 1,705 | 297.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.3% |
| [South Tyneside 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008668) | 1,398 | 217.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| [South Tyneside 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008673) | 1,133 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| [South Tyneside 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008675) | 1,239 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| [South Tyneside 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008676) | 1,167 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| [South Tyneside 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008677) | 1,302 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.9% |
| [South Tyneside 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008678) | 1,111 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| [South Tyneside 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008647) | 1,443 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| [South Tyneside 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008648) | 1,332 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| [South Tyneside 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008649) | 1,538 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| [South Tyneside 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008651) | 1,881 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.0% |
| [South Tyneside 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008679) | 1,210 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| [South Tyneside 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008680) | 1,437 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008682) | 1,151 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [South Tyneside 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008683) | 1,226 | 254.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| [South Tyneside 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008635) | 1,353 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.3% |
| [South Tyneside 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008650) | 1,306 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| [South Tyneside 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008674) | 1,186 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [South Tyneside 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008681) | 1,399 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.8% |
| [South Tyneside 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008633) | 1,429 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008634) | 1,223 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.0% |
| [South Tyneside 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008636) | 1,381 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| [South Tyneside 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008637) | 1,402 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| [South Tyneside 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008590) | 1,393 | 151.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.6% |
| [South Tyneside 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008591) | 1,239 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| [South Tyneside 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008592) | 1,208 | 160.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [South Tyneside 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008594) | 1,777 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.4% |
| [South Tyneside 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008671) | 1,047 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.1% |
| [South Tyneside 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008622) | 1,665 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| [South Tyneside 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008625) | 1,379 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| [South Tyneside 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01034512) | 1,467 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.6% |
| [South Tyneside 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01034513) | 1,531 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 66.7% |
| [South Tyneside 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008608) | 1,139 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| [South Tyneside 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008593) | 1,349 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.0% |
| [South Tyneside 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008605) | 1,126 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008606) | 1,751 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| [South Tyneside 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008607) | 1,470 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008609) | 1,506 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [South Tyneside 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008624) | 1,313 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.7% |
| [South Tyneside 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008684) | 1,026 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| [South Tyneside 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008688) | 1,335 | 145.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [South Tyneside 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008689) | 1,431 | 125.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008690) | 1,359 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [South Tyneside 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008691) | 1,138 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [South Tyneside 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008692) | 1,346 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |

## Your MP

- [South Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shields): Emma Lewell (Labour), 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

[South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside)

## Postcode districts covering South Shields

[NE33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne33), [NE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne34)

## Middle areas in South Shields

[Biddick Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/biddick-hall), [Cleadon Park](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/cleadon-park), [Harton East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/harton-east), [Harton West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/harton-west), [Horsley Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/horsley-hill), [South Shields East](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/south-shields-east), [South Shields West](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/south-shields-west), [West Harton](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/west-harton), [West Park](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/west-park), [Westoe](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/westoe), [Whiteleas](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/whiteleas)

## Towns near South Shields

[Jarrow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/jarrow), [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Hebburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hebburn), [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sunderland), [Whitley Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitley-bay)

## South Shields in brief

South Shields is a town in South Tyneside, North East.
About 74,784 people lived in South Shields in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 797 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Shields was £160,000 in 2025.
South Shields had 73,326 usual residents at the census.
About 98% of people in South Shields live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Shields, 92.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000087
- Constituency: [South Shields †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shields)
- Council: [South Tyneside †](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside)
- Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 15.36 km²
- People, mid-2024: 74,784*
- Neighbourhoods: 53
- Output areas: 280

* 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

[Jarrow](https://openindex.co.uk/town/jarrow), [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Hebburn](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hebburn), [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sunderland), [Whitley Bay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitley-bay)

## Latest updates for South Shields

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63000087

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-shields, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-shields#f-house-sales-median-price.

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