NE15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Lemington and Throckley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland.
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 NE15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE15, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE15 at a rate of 86.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 278 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (927), anti-social behaviour (655) and other crime (512).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE15 was 105.3 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 NE15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE15 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014A | 1,733 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014B | 1,507 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014C | 1,429 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014D | 1,583 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014E | 1,551 | 139.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014F | 1,558 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021A | 1,439 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021B | 1,260 | 141.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021C | 1,462 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021D | 1,356 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021E | 1,378 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021F | 1,287 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 021G | 1,269 | 129.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 025B | 1,280 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 025C | 1,722 | 128.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 025E | 2,686 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 027A | 1,350 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 027B | 1,740 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 027C | 1,694 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 027E | 1,287 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Northumberland 034A | 1,535 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.5% |
MPs for NE15
- Dame Chi OnwurahLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West61% of NE15’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham39% of NE15’s postcodes
- Liz TwistLabourMP for Blaydon and Consett0.1% of NE15’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 NE154
Postcode sectors in NE155
Councils NE15 covers2
Towns in NE151
Postcode districts next to NE158
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NE postcode area2
NE15 in brief
NE15 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Lemington and Throckley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland.
About 35,940 people lived in NE15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £175,000 in 2025 across 469 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE15 was £175,000 in 2025.
NE15 had 34,016 usual residents at the census.
In NE15, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE15, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.