NE16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whickham, Fellside and Sunniside, in Gateshead and County Durham.
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 NE16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE16, 76.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE16 at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 114 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (350), anti-social behaviour (255) and other crime (220).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE16 was 57.8 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 NE16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE16 has no single figure. Of its 17 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 001A | 1,596 | 37.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 24.2% |
| County Durham 001B | 1,287 | 21.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 38.9% |
| County Durham 001C | 1,727 | 41.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 42.3% |
| Gateshead 009A | 1,569 | 445.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 67.7% |
| Gateshead 009B | 1,388 | 133.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Gateshead 009C | 1,443 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.1% |
| Gateshead 009D | 1,331 | 64.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Gateshead 009E | 1,290 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 82.4% |
| Gateshead 017A | 1,485 | 94.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.3% |
| Gateshead 017B | 1,462 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.7% |
| Gateshead 017C | 1,278 | 19.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Gateshead 017D | 1,335 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.0% |
| Gateshead 017E | 1,404 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Gateshead 019D | 1,388 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.7% |
| Gateshead 019E | 1,609 | 47.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.2% |
| Gateshead 019F | 1,413 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 28.8% |
| Gateshead 019G | 1,352 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 59.2% |
MPs for NE16
- Mark FergusonLabourMP for Gateshead Central and Whickham76% of NE16’s postcodes
- Liz TwistLabourMP for Blaydon and Consett22% of NE16’s postcodes
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South0.9% of NE16’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham0.4% of NE16’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 NE164
Postcode sectors in NE165
Councils NE16 covers2
Towns in NE161
Postcode districts next to NE164
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE16 in brief
NE16 is a postcode district covering Whickham, Fellside and Sunniside, in Gateshead and County Durham.
About 24,850 people lived in NE16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £198,000 in 2025 across 417 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE16 was £198,000 in 2025.
NE16 had 24,489 usual residents at the census.
In NE16, 76.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE16, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.