Crap Towns / Newcastle upon Tyne / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newcastle upon Tyne?
In January 2026, 2.7% of premises in Newcastle upon Tyne couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 232 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 232 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 3,714 | 2.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 125,666 | 91.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whickham | 6.5 km | 4.9 |
| Blaydon | 5.9 km | 3.0 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | – | 2.7 |
| Gateshead | 7.6 km | 1.9 |
| Ryton | 7.6 km | 1.0 |
| Wideopen | 5.3 km | 1.0 |
| Killingworth | 6.3 km | 0.8 |
| Hebburn | 8.6 km | 0.7 |
| Wallsend | 7.9 km | 0.5 |
| Throckley | 7.5 km | 0.4 |
| Longbenton | 5.2 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |