NE21
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Blaydon and Winlaton, in Gateshead.
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 NE21 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE21, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE21 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE21 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE21 at a rate of 84.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE21.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (373), anti-social behaviour (371) and other crime (239).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE21 was 102.9 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 NE21, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE21 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE21
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateshead 001C | 2,678 | 35.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.7% |
| Gateshead 004A | 1,597 | 64.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Gateshead 004B | 1,352 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Gateshead 004C | 1,714 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Gateshead 004D | 1,527 | 58.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| Gateshead 004E | 1,848 | 181.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.1% |
| Gateshead 005A | 1,278 | 173.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.2% |
| Gateshead 005B | 1,137 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.6% |
| Gateshead 005C | 1,540 | 135.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 63.2% |
| Gateshead 005D | 1,396 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
| Gateshead 005E | 1,358 | 53.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Gateshead 022D | 1,514 | 27.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.3% |
Your MP
- Liz TwistLabourMP for Blaydon and Consett
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 NE212
Postcode sectors in NE213
Council1
Towns in NE212
Postcode districts next to NE213
Nearest rail stations3
More in the NE postcode area2
NE21 in brief
NE21 is a postcode district covering Blaydon and Winlaton, in Gateshead.
About 18,141 people lived in NE21 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £160,000 in 2025 across 261 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 84.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE21 was £160,000 in 2025.
NE21 had 17,782 usual residents at the census.
In NE21, 90.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE21, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.