# NE15

Postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Lemington and Throckley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland.

NE15 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Lemington and Throckley, in Newcastle upon Tyne and Northumberland.

Postcode district. Code NE15. 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 NE15 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £175,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NE15 was £175,000 in 2025. Joint 211th 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/ne15#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,016** (2021). NE15 had 34,016 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 703rd 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/ne15#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 9%** (2022). About 9% of people in NE15 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/ne15#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.7%** (January 2026). In NE15, 92.7% 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/ne15#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NE15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 9% of people in NE15 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=NE15) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 469 homes were sold in NE15 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NE15) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NE15.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NE15) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NE15 had 34,016 usual residents at the census.

## How NE15 compares

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

| Measure | NE15 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £175,000 | 19th cheapest | 58 postcode districts, NE · 2025 |
| Population | 34,016 | 14th most populated | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 9% | 14th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 92.7% | joint 27th highest | 60 postcode districts, NE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the NE postcode area.
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

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

## Neighbourhoods in NE15

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008400) | 1,733 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 74.4% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008401) | 1,507 | 111.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.3% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008402) | 1,429 | 85.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 90.5% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008403) | 1,583 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.7% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008404) | 1,551 | 139.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.7% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008405) | 1,558 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.9% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008381) | 1,439 | 43.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008382) | 1,260 | 141.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008383) | 1,462 | 57.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008384) | 1,356 | 56.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.5% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008385) | 1,378 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008386) | 1,287 | 47.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 021G](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008387) | 1,269 | 129.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008415) | 1,280 | 93.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008416) | 1,722 | 128.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 025E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01033547) | 2,686 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 027A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008288) | 1,350 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008289) | 1,740 | 59.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008290) | 1,694 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 027E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008292) | 1,287 | 28.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Northumberland 034A](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland/neighbourhood/e01027449) | 1,535 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.5% |

## Your MP

- [Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-central-and-west): Dame Chi Onwurah (Labour), MP since July 2024. 61% of the people here.
- [Hexham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hexham): Joe Morris (Labour), MP since July 2024. 39% of the people here.
- [Blaydon and Consett](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/blaydon-and-consett): Liz Twist (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 NE15

[Benwell](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/benwell), [Lemington](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/lemington), [Scotswood](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/scotswood), [Throckley & Newburn](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/throckley-and-newburn)

## Postcode sectors in NE15

[NE15 0 (88 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15-0), [NE15 6 (165 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15-6), [NE15 7 (197 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15-7), [NE15 8 (230 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15-8), [NE15 9 (234 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15-9)

## Councils NE15 covers

[Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne), [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

## Towns in NE15

[Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)

## Postcode districts next to NE15

[NE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne4), [NE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5), [NE18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne18), [NE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne20), [NE40](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne40), [NE41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne41), [NE42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne42), [NE43](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne43)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wylam (3.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.8141,54.9750)

## 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)

## 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.
About 9% of people in NE15 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE15, 92.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NE15
- Postcode area: [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)
- Constituency: [Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-central-and-west)
- Council: [Newcastle upon Tyne †](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)
- Area: 52.00 km²
- People, mid-2024: 35,940*
- Neighbourhoods: 21
- Output areas: 116

* 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

[NE18](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne18), [NE5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5), [NE42](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne42), [NE41](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne41), [NE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne20), [NE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne4)

## Latest updates for NE15

- 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/NE15

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15