NE12
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Longbenton, Benton and Killingworth, in North Tyneside.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NE12 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE12, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE12 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE12 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE12 at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 314 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE12.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (801), anti-social behaviour (534) and other crime (495).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE12 was 82.6 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in NE12, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE12 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE12
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tyneside 002C | 1,505 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| North Tyneside 008A | 1,593 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 008B | 1,775 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| North Tyneside 008C | 1,810 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| North Tyneside 008D | 1,516 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| North Tyneside 012A | 1,520 | 125.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| North Tyneside 012B | 1,776 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.5% |
| North Tyneside 012C | 1,375 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| North Tyneside 012D | 1,696 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| North Tyneside 014A | 1,438 | 164.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| North Tyneside 014B | 1,653 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| North Tyneside 014C | 1,559 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| North Tyneside 014D | 2,014 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| North Tyneside 018A | 1,858 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| North Tyneside 018B | 1,437 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| North Tyneside 018C | 1,258 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| North Tyneside 018E | 1,989 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| North Tyneside 018F | 1,660 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| North Tyneside 019A | 1,545 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| North Tyneside 019B | 1,552 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 019C | 2,236 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.9% |
| North Tyneside 019D | 1,823 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| North Tyneside 019F | 1,101 | 154.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.3% |
| North Tyneside 019G | 1,048 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.2% |
MPs for NE12
- Catherine McKinnellLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne North59% of NE12’s postcodes
- Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cramlington and Killingworth40% of NE12’s postcodes
- Mary GlindonLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend0.1% of NE12’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NE125
Postcode sectors in NE126
Council1
Towns in NE123
Postcode districts next to NE126
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE12 in brief
NE12 is a postcode district covering Longbenton, Benton and Killingworth, in North Tyneside.
About 38,410 people lived in NE12 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 561 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 71.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE12 was £200,000 in 2025.
NE12 had 37,292 usual residents at the census.
In NE12, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE12, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.