South Tynedale
WardSouth Northumberland. About 4,806 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 384 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 45% of people in South Tynedale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Tynedale compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Tynedale safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Tynedale at a rate of 35.4 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, 13 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Tynedale.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (59), other crime (38) and anti-social behaviour (34).
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 South Tynedale alone. See Northumberland
South Tynedale in brief
South Tynedale had 4,717 usual residents at the census.
About 45% of people in South Tynedale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Tynedale, 41.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In South Tynedale, 0.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.