Ponteland East & Stannington
WardSouth east Northumberland. About 4,971 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 86 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 15% of people in Ponteland East & Stannington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Ponteland East & Stannington compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Ponteland East & Stannington safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Ponteland East & Stannington at a rate of 38.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 77.4 per 1,000 people across Northumberland.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 17 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Ponteland East & Stannington.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (63), shoplifting (62) and other crime (35).
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 Northumberland
These figures are published for the whole of Northumberland, not for each ward, so they describe all of Northumberland and not Ponteland East & Stannington alone. See Northumberland
Ponteland East & Stannington in brief
Ponteland East & Stannington had 4,611 usual residents at the census.
About 15% of people in Ponteland East & Stannington live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Ponteland East & Stannington, 57.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Ponteland East & Stannington, 1.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.