NE20
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ponteland and Medburn, in 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 NE20 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE20, 21.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE20 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE20 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE20 at a rate of 34.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE20.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (142), anti-social behaviour (105) and shoplifting (75).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE20 was 44.6 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 NE20, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE20 has no single figure. Of its 7 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- 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 NE20
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 033A | 1,302 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 14.4% |
| Northumberland 033B | 1,446 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 4.2% |
| Northumberland 033C | 1,317 | 54.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 8.9% |
| Northumberland 033F | 2,956 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 48.4% |
| Northumberland 034B | 1,302 | 9.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 0.0% |
| Northumberland 034C | 1,340 | 33.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 0.2% |
| Northumberland 034D | 2,008 | 18.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 16.6% |
Your MP
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham
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 NE202
Postcode sectors in NE203
Council1
Towns in NE201
Postcode districts next to NE207
More in the NE postcode area2
NE20 in brief
NE20 is a postcode district covering Ponteland and Medburn, in Northumberland.
About 13,425 people lived in NE20 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £481,000 in 2025 across 220 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 34.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE20 was £481,000 in 2025.
NE20 had 12,623 usual residents at the census.
In NE20, 21.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE20, 1.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.