Cleadon
Village · 4,478 residents
62Good
Good · better than 4 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 32 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Environment scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Affordability scores 75, well above the typical 60
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- Food & drink scores 29, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Cleadon
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Cleadon a good place to live?
Cleadon scores 62/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (86) and environment (81).
It scores lowest on food & drink (29).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Cleadon in North East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Cleadon
Cleadon reads as stone-built and settled — the kind of village where semi-detached houses sit behind trimmed hedges and the average resident has lived through a few decades of it. The median age here is 51, a good decade above the national figure, and that shows up not in decline but in a kind of quietness: fewer building sites, more established gardens, cars that stay parked rather than circling for space.
The practical picture is where Cleadon earns its keep. East Boldon Rail Station and its adjoining Metro stop put you on a direct line into Newcastle and Sunderland without needing a car for the commute, and with 25 transport stops recorded in a village of under 3,000 people, getting about locally isn't the problem. Schooling is thinner: there's just the one sample school, Cleadon Church of England Academy, rated Good rather than Outstanding, and it's carrying the area's education grade on its own — a C+ against an otherwise strong report card. Housing here is overwhelmingly semi-detached and freehold, two-thirds of sales freehold against a much smaller leasehold slice, which is the classic signature of a village that was built out once, decades ago, and has changed hands quietly ever since. At a median of £370,000, prices sit close to the national top-40th percentile and comfortably above the England-wide median, though within South Tyneside itself Cleadon is priced well over 60% above the borough average — this is the expensive corner of that map.