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Newcastle upon Tyne29 Sept to 12 Nov

51 power cuts since 29 September, 5 of them on Thursday 8 October

  • 51new cuts since 29 Sept
  • 5in one day, 8 Oct
  • 29of 45 days with a cut

www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/newcastle-upon-tyneOfficial feeds, counted daily

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Power cuts

51

new unplanned cuts in the Newcastle upon Tyne area, on 29 of 45 days

Busiest day: 8 October. Newcastle upon Tyne had more cuts a day, for its size, than 37 of the 99 towns we track.

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From our record of every cut Northern Powergrid publishes, read every 10 minutes and counted by the day each cut started; last counted Fri 13 Nov, 11:35. These are minimums. One fault can affect many streets, so this is how often cuts happen in the area, not how often one home loses power.

Flood

Fewer than 1 in 100

homes in Newcastle upon Tyne has some flood risk

187 at high risk

Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.

Weather

No Met Office warnings for North East England right now

All warnings

Met Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.

Water

Northumbrian Water

No hosepipe ban

Hosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.

Break-ins

Burglary rate

41% above average

police.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).

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Sources: Northern Powergrid live network data, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20, counted daily by us (last Fri 13 Nov, 11:35). Environment Agency flood risk, RoFRS edition v202606. Met Office warnings, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20. Water companies and the Environment Agency, for hosepipe bans, confirmed 5 Nov 2026. police.uk recorded crime, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime). Figures cover the Newcastle upon Tyne council area, not a single street.

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