NE23
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Cramlington, in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
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 NE23 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE23, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE23 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE23 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE23 at a rate of 82.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 315 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE23.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,004), anti-social behaviour (944) and other crime (582).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE23 was 90.0 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 NE23, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE23 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE23
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tyneside 002A | 1,463 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.1% |
| North Tyneside 002B | 1,504 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.6% |
| North Tyneside 002D | 1,322 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.0% |
| North Tyneside 002E | 1,472 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.3% |
| Northumberland 029A | 2,180 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Northumberland 029B | 1,496 | 436.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.1% |
| Northumberland 029C | 1,346 | 154.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.4% |
| Northumberland 029D | 2,048 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.0% |
| Northumberland 029E | 2,190 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Northumberland 031A | 1,025 | 175.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.2% |
| Northumberland 031B | 1,187 | 111.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 87.7% |
| Northumberland 031C | 1,194 | 33.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Northumberland 031D | 1,358 | 33.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.1% |
| Northumberland 031E | 1,504 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.5% |
| Northumberland 032D | 1,338 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.5% |
| Northumberland 032E | 1,458 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.1% |
| Northumberland 042A | 1,294 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 042B | 1,249 | No figure | 10 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 042C | 1,398 | 39.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 042D | 1,108 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Northumberland 042E | 1,394 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 042F | 2,253 | 18.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.5% |
| Northumberland 042G | 1,357 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Northumberland 042H | 1,238 | 78.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Northumberland 042I | 1,373 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Northumberland 042J | 1,885 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.3% |
Your MP
- Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cramlington and Killingworth
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 NE234
Postcode sectors in NE237
Councils NE23 covers2
Towns in NE231
Postcode districts next to NE236
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE23 in brief
NE23 is a postcode district covering Cramlington, in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
About 41,478 people lived in NE23 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £196,645 in 2025 across 742 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE23 was £196,645 in 2025.
NE23 had 39,506 usual residents at the census.
In NE23, 94.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE23, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.