# Whickham Town in Gateshead, North East. Whickham is a town in Gateshead, North East. Median sale price £225,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 88.7 per 1,000 people. About 15,843 people. Town. Code E63000106. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) Whickham is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Whickham 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: £225,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Whickham was £225,000 in 2025. Joint 348th 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/whickham#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,680** (2021). Whickham had 15,680 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 538th 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/whickham#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Whickham 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/whickham#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.3%** (January 2026). In Whickham, 90.3% 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/whickham#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000106) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Whickham 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=E63000106) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 224 homes were sold in Whickham in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000106) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Whickham. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000106) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Whickham had 15,680 usual residents at the census. ## How Whickham compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Whickham | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £225,000 | joint 9th most expensive | 60 towns, North East · 2025 | | Population | 15,680 | 25th least populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 | | People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 | | Gigabit broadband coverage | 90.3% | 12th lowest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 | ## Is Whickham safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whickham at a rate of 88.7 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, 133 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whickham. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (349), violence and sexual offences (323) and other crime (257). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Whickham was 115.6 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 Whickham, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Whickham has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Whickham | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gateshead 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008262) | 1,569 | 445.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 67.7% | | [Gateshead 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008263) | 1,388 | 133.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% | | [Gateshead 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008264) | 1,443 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% | | [Gateshead 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008265) | 1,331 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% | | [Gateshead 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008266) | 1,290 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.4% | | [Gateshead 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008267) | 1,485 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.3% | | [Gateshead 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008269) | 1,462 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.7% | | [Gateshead 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008270) | 1,278 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [Gateshead 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008271) | 1,335 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% | | [Gateshead 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008275) | 1,404 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [Gateshead 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/neighbourhood/e01008268) | 1,388 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% | ## Your MP - [Gateshead Central and Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gateshead-central-and-whickham): Mark Ferguson (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 [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) ## Postcode districts covering Whickham [NE16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne16) ## Middle areas in Whickham [Swalwell](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/swalwell), [Whickham](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead/whickham) ## Towns near Whickham [Blaydon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaydon), [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gateshead), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Ryton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ryton), [Crawcrook and Greenside](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside), [Birtley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley) ## Whickham in brief Whickham is a town in Gateshead, North East. About 15,843 people lived in Whickham in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £225,000 in 2025 across 224 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Whickham was £225,000 in 2025. Whickham had 15,680 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Whickham live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Whickham, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63000106 - Constituency: [Gateshead Central and Whickham †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/gateshead-central-and-whickham) - Council: [Gateshead †](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) - Region: [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.20 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,843* - Neighbourhoods: 11 - Output areas: 57 * 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 [Blaydon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/blaydon), [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/town/gateshead), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Ryton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/ryton), [Crawcrook and Greenside](https://openindex.co.uk/town/crawcrook-and-greenside), [Birtley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/birtley) ## Latest updates for Whickham - 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/E63000106 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/whickham