Crap Towns / Killingworth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Killingworth?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Killingworth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 46 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,561 | 91.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 6.3 km | 2.7 |
| Seaton Delaval | 4.8 km | 1.6 |
| Wideopen | 3.6 km | 1.0 |
| Killingworth | – | 0.8 |
| Hebburn | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Tynemouth | 7.5 km | 0.7 |
| Wallsend | 5.6 km | 0.5 |
| Cramlington | 5.5 km | 0.5 |
| Shiremoor | 4.3 km | 0.4 |
| Longbenton | 1.9 km | 0.2 |
| Whitley Bay | 6.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |