# Whitley Bay

Town in North Tyneside, North East.

Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, North East. Median sale price £336,998 in 2025. Recorded crime 65.4 per 1,000 people. About 37,217 people.

Town. Code E63000061. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

Whitley Bay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Whitley Bay 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: £336,998** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Whitley Bay was £336,998 in 2025. 312th most expensive 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/whitley-bay#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 36,876** (2021). Whitley Bay had 36,876 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 297th 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/whitley-bay#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 70%** (2022). About 70% of people in Whitley Bay 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/whitley-bay#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.6%** (January 2026). In Whitley Bay, 98.6% 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/whitley-bay#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63000061) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 70% of people in Whitley Bay 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=E63000061) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 688 homes were sold in Whitley Bay in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63000061) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Whitley Bay.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63000061) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Whitley Bay had 36,876 usual residents at the census.

## How Whitley Bay compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Whitley Bay | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £336,998 | 2nd most expensive | 60 towns, North East · 2025 |
| Population | 36,876 | 15th most populated | 60 towns, North East · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 70% | 16th most people in radon Affected Areas | 60 towns, North East · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.6% | 2nd highest | 60 towns, North East · Jan 2026 |

## Is Whitley Bay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Whitley Bay at a rate of 65.4 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, 303 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Whitley Bay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (588), anti-social behaviour (536) and violence and sexual offences (513).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Whitley Bay was 72.3 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 Whitley Bay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Whitley Bay has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Whitley Bay

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Tyneside 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008547) | 1,401 | 12.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| [North Tyneside 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008548) | 1,798 | 18.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% |
| [North Tyneside 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008549) | 1,537 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| [North Tyneside 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008551) | 1,428 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| [North Tyneside 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008520) | 1,399 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [North Tyneside 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008523) | 1,301 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008546) | 1,597 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [North Tyneside 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008550) | 1,616 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008517) | 1,581 | 17.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [North Tyneside 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008519) | 1,221 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [North Tyneside 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008521) | 1,429 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008522) | 1,542 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008584) | 1,623 | 379.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| [North Tyneside 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008585) | 1,529 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| [North Tyneside 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008587) | 1,374 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| [North Tyneside 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008588) | 1,589 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| [North Tyneside 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008589) | 1,459 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [North Tyneside 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008518) | 1,568 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [North Tyneside 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008564) | 1,426 | 37.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| [North Tyneside 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008552) | 1,596 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008553) | 1,732 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008554) | 1,646 | 77.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008555) | 1,703 | 59.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| [North Tyneside 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008586) | 1,510 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |

## Your MP

- [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tynemouth): Sir Alan Campbell (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

[North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

## Postcode districts covering Whitley Bay

[NE25](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne25), [NE26](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne26)

## Middle areas in Whitley Bay

[Monkseaton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/monkseaton), [West Monkseaton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/west-monkseaton), [Whitley Bay North](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/whitley-bay-north), [Whitley Bay Promenade](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/whitley-bay-promenade), [Whitley Sands](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/whitley-sands)

## Towns near Whitley Bay

[Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Seaton Delaval](https://openindex.co.uk/town/seaton-delaval), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longbenton), [Killingworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth), [South Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-shields)

## Whitley Bay in brief

Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, North East.
About 37,217 people lived in Whitley Bay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £336,998 in 2025 across 688 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Whitley Bay was £336,998 in 2025.
Whitley Bay had 36,876 usual residents at the census.
About 70% of people in Whitley Bay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Whitley Bay, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63000061
- Constituency: [Tynemouth †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tynemouth)
- 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: 7.30 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,217*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 122

* 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

[Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tynemouth), [Seaton Delaval](https://openindex.co.uk/town/seaton-delaval), [Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend), [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longbenton), [Killingworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth), [South Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-shields)

## Latest updates for Whitley Bay

- 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/E63000061

## How to cite

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

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/whitley-bay