NE26
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice, in North Tyneside and 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 NE26 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE26, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE26 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE26 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE26 at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 225 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE26.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (449), anti-social behaviour (417) and violence and sexual offences (352).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE26 was 100.1 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 NE26, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE26 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE26
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tyneside 001C | 1,537 | 23.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| North Tyneside 001D | 1,428 | 71.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| North Tyneside 003A | 1,399 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| North Tyneside 003B | 1,301 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 003C | 1,597 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| North Tyneside 003D | 1,616 | 66.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 006A | 1,623 | 379.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| North Tyneside 006B | 1,529 | 109.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.2% |
| North Tyneside 006C | 1,374 | 65.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| North Tyneside 006D | 1,589 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| North Tyneside 009E | 1,510 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Northumberland 030A | 1,465 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.3% |
| Northumberland 030C | 1,492 | 100.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
MPs for NE26
- Sir Alan CampbellLabourMP for Tynemouth83% of NE26’s postcodes
- Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cramlington and Killingworth17% of NE26’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 NE262
Postcode sectors in NE265
Councils NE26 covers2
Towns in NE261
Postcode districts next to NE263
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE26 in brief
NE26 is a postcode district covering Whitley Bay and Seaton Sluice, in North Tyneside and Northumberland.
About 19,431 people lived in NE26 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £357,000 in 2025 across 329 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE26 was £357,000 in 2025.
NE26 had 19,339 usual residents at the census.
In NE26, 98.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE26, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.