# NE12

Postcode district covering Longbenton, Benton and Killingworth, in North Tyneside.

NE12 is a postcode district covering Longbenton, Benton and Killingworth, in North Tyneside. Median sale price £200,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code NE12. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NE12 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 37,292** (2021). NE12 had 37,292 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 544th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 22%** (2022). About 22% of people in NE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.7%** (January 2026). In NE12, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NE12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 22% of people in NE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=NE12) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 561 homes were sold in NE12 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NE12) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NE12.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NE12) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NE12 had 37,292 usual residents at the census.

## How NE12 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | NE12 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £200,000 | joint 27th most expensive | 58 postcode districts, NE · 2025 |
| Population | 37,292 | 9th most populated | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 22% | 22nd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.7% | 25th highest | 60 postcode districts, NE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the NE postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in NE12

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Tyneside 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008504) | 1,505 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| [North Tyneside 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008475) | 1,593 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008476) | 1,775 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [North Tyneside 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008477) | 1,810 | 88.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.5% |
| [North Tyneside 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008479) | 1,516 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.2% |
| [North Tyneside 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008500) | 1,520 | 125.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% |
| [North Tyneside 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008505) | 1,776 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 76.5% |
| [North Tyneside 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008506) | 1,375 | 26.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 89.4% |
| [North Tyneside 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008507) | 1,696 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 88.5% |
| [North Tyneside 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008470) | 1,438 | 164.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
| [North Tyneside 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008499) | 1,653 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| [North Tyneside 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008502) | 1,559 | 85.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008516) | 2,014 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| [North Tyneside 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008469) | 1,858 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.3% |
| [North Tyneside 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008472) | 1,437 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [North Tyneside 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008473) | 1,258 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
| [North Tyneside 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008503) | 1,989 | 111.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.2% |
| [North Tyneside 018F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01035627) | 1,660 | 47.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [North Tyneside 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008471) | 1,545 | 65.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [North Tyneside 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008474) | 1,552 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008513) | 2,236 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 85.9% |
| [North Tyneside 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008514) | 1,823 | 49.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.9% |
| [North Tyneside 019F](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01032649) | 1,101 | 154.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.3% |
| [North Tyneside 019G](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01032650) | 1,048 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.2% |

## Your MP

- [Newcastle upon Tyne North](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-north): Catherine McKinnell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 59% of the people here.
- [Cramlington and Killingworth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/cramlington-and-killingworth): Emma Foody (Labour (Co-op)), MP since July 2024. 40% of the people here.
- [Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-east-and-wallsend): Mary Glindon (Labour), MP since July 2024. 0.1% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in NE12

[Forest Hall & West Moor](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/forest-hall-and-west-moor), [Holystone & Benton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/holystone-and-benton), [Killingworth East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/killingworth-east), [Killingworth West & Camperdown](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/killingworth-west-and-camperdown), [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/longbenton)

## Postcode sectors in NE12

[NE12 2 (31 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-2), [NE12 5 (56 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-5), [NE12 6 (209 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-6), [NE12 7 (122 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-7), [NE12 8 (250 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-8), [NE12 9 (188 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12-9)

## Council

[North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

## Towns in NE12

[Killingworth](https://openindex.co.uk/town/killingworth), [Longbenton](https://openindex.co.uk/town/longbenton), [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)

## Postcode districts next to NE12

[NE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne3), [NE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne7), [NE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne13), [NE23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne23), [NE27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne27), [NE28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28)

## Nearest rail stations

[Palmersville (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5409,55.0239), [Benton (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5678,55.0137), [Four Lane Ends (2.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5786,55.0101), [Northumberland Park (2.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5197,55.0332)

## More in the NE postcode area

[All NE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 22% of people in NE12 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE12, 93.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NE12
- Postcode area: [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)
- Constituency: [Newcastle upon Tyne North †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-north)
- Council: [North Tyneside †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)
- Area: 16.58 km²
- People, mid-2024: 38,410*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 126

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[NE27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne27), [NE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne3), [NE23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne23), [NE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne7), [NE28](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28), [NE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne13)

## Latest updates for NE12

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/NE12

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12