28 power cuts in South Shields since 29 September
- 28new cuts since 29 Sept
- 3in one day, 25 Oct
- 17of 45 days with a cut
www.preparedbritain.co.uk/home-report/south-shieldsOfficial feeds, counted daily
Santa is due in South Shields at 23:13 on Christmas Eve. See his flight plan
Right now: quiet. No unplanned power cuts in South Shields at 06:20.
Power cuts
28
new unplanned cuts in the South Shields area, on 17 of 45 days
Busiest day: 25 October, during Storms Austen and Boelo. South Shields had more cuts a day, for its size, than 45 of the 99 towns we track.
See every day →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 South Shields has some flood risk
21 at high risk
Environment Agency, RoFRS edition v202606.
Weather
No Met Office warnings for North East England right now
All warningsMet Office, read Fri 13 Nov, 06:20.
Water
Northumbrian Water
No hosepipe banHosepipe bans as we last confirmed them, 5 Nov 2026.
Break-ins
Burglary rate
9% above averagepolice.uk, year ending March 2026 (police recorded crime).
If a cut at your home ran past 12 hours, you may be owed money. Check a cut
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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 South Tyneside council area, not a single street.
