Newcastle City Council

What we’ve achieved in Castle Ward

This page provides you with performance information for Castle Ward. The information is grouped under a variety of themes, such as Social and Economic wellbeing, quality of the environment, community involvement and overall council effectiveness.  All data is from the 2008/09 financial year unless marked otherwise. Information for 2009/10 will be added when it becomes available. For those indicators marked with an asterisk (*), a difference of 10 percentage points from the city average, points to the fact there may be a real difference between Castle and the rest of the city.

Performance Indicator	Actual	City Average	Trend
Quality of Place
Recorded crimes per 1,000 population	14.0(Q1 10/11)	22.1 (Q1 10/11)
Criminal Damage rate per 1,000 population	2.3(Q1 10/11)	4.5 (Q1 10/11)
Percentage of residents who feel safe in Newcastle after dark in their local area *	56%	51%
Percentage of people who think anti-social behaviour and crime and tackled effectiveley by the local authority annd police*	30%	33%	Ú
Percentage of residents satisfied with the local bus service*	62%	70%	Ú
Percentage of residents satisfied with the authority's sports and leisure facilities*	30%	54%
Percentage of residents satisfied with the authority's libraries	57%	78%
Percentage of residents satisfied with the authhority's parks and open spaces*	69%	72%
Percentage of residents satisfied with the choice of housing in their local area*	74%	64%	Ú
Percentage of residents satisfied with their home as a place to live*	95%	88%	N/A
Proportion of adult population who say they are 'satisfied' with the area as a place to live*	89%	79%	Ú
Economic Well-being
Percentage of working age people claiming out of work benefits	9.7% (2008)	15.6% (2008)
Overall unemployed rate (jobseekers Allowance claimant count)	2.7% (June 2010)	6.8% (June 2010)
Male unemployment rate *(Jobseekers Allowance claimant count)	3.8% (June 2010)	9.2% (June 2010)
Female unemployment rate (Jobseekers Allowance claimant count)	1.5% (June 2010)	4% (June 2010)
Social well-being
Percentage of people who agree that people from different bacgrounds get on well together in their local area*	73%	74%	Ú
Percentage of Residents who think people trat each other with respect and consideration*	21%	34%	N/A
Perscentage of people who perceive drunk and rowdy behaviour as a problem*	7%	32%	Ú
Percentage of people who perceive drug use or drug dealing as a problem*	11%	31%	Ú
Percentage of residents who agree that parents not taking enough responsibility for the behaviour of their children is a problem*	28%	32%
Percentage of residents who think noisy neighbours or loud parties are a problem*	11%	20%	Ú
People's self-reported measure of health and well-being*	56%	58%	N/A
Percentage of residents who say that they smoke daily*	12%	16%	Ú
Percentage of residens who participate in 30 minutes of physical activity or sport 3 or more times a week*	45%	49%	Ú
Percentage of residents who are 5 or more portions of salad/fruit/vegetables yesterday*	73%	No Data	Ú
Environmental well-being
Overall Local Environmenal Quality Index Score	95.77%	94.75%
Percentage of residents satisfied with keeping public land free of litter and refuse*	64%	62%
Percentage of people who think rubbish and litter lying around is a problem*	26%	34%	Ú
Community Involvement
Percentage of people satisfied with the opportunities to participate in local decision making provided by the City Council	24%	31%	Ú
Percentage of people who agree that they can influence decisions in their locality*	36%	42%	Ú
Percentage of people who agree that the council provides them with enought opportunity to influence its policies and services*	27%	29%
Participation in regular volunteering	15%	N/A	N/A
Percentage of people who agree that people from different backgrounds get on well together in their local area*	73%	74%	Ú
Involvement in groups whcih make decisions that affect your local area*	11%	No Data	N/A
Proportion of the adult population who say they are 'very satisfied', or fairly satisfied'[ with the area as a place to live	89%	79%	Ú
Council effectiveness
Percentage of people satisfied with the way the council runs things*	62%	59%	Ú
Percentage of residents who state that they feel well (fully or faily) informed about council services and benefits it provides*	59%	57%	Ú
Percentage of respondents to the annual budget consultation survey who agree that the council does the best with the money available.	No Data	No Data	N/A