ABOUT OUR OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
We are in the business of keeping people safe and believe that our long term success is founded on our ability to identify, assess and manage risk.
Top Tier COMAH Sites - Teesside is a Major Production Centre for the Chemical Industry
14,782 industrial and commercial premises
- 2 power stations: 1 nuclear, 1 gas
- 7 solar powered energy farms
- 12 onshore and 1 offshore windfarms
km 2 Area
- 2,518 km of A and B road networks
- Tees Valley International Airport: 150,735 passengers and 16,746 aircraft movements
- Hartlepool and Teesport handle 28 million tonnes of exports and imports
POPULATION
- 49.1% male, 50.9% female
- 94.5% white, 5.5% BME
- 1.8% LGBT
- 67.8% Christian
- 19.7% 0-15 years, 19.1% 65+ years
- 21% of people have their day to day activities limited by a disability
DWELLINGS
DEPRIVATION
High Levels
- 36% (29) of our 81 wards fall within the worst 10% most deprived wards nationally;9% (7) of these fall within the top 1% most deprived wards
- 41% of our population reside in the 42% of dwellings in the most deprived wards
- more than half of our population (56%) live in wards that are in the 20% most deprived wards
CRIME RATE
- 18% of dwellings are social housing
- 45.3% Council Tax Band A(23.9% nationally)
- 64% Council Tax Band A or B(43.5% nationally)
per 1,000 population
- compared to national average of 89 – only West Yorkshire experiences higher rates (125.9)