NE28
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Wallsend, Bigges Main and Willington Square, in 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 NE28 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE28, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE28 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE28 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE28 at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 442 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE28.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,612), anti-social behaviour (820) and other crime (811).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE28 was 123.6 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 NE28, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE28 has no single figure. Of its 29 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- 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 NE28
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Tyneside 021A | 1,393 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| North Tyneside 021B | 1,376 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| North Tyneside 021C | 1,359 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| North Tyneside 021D | 1,475 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| North Tyneside 024A | 1,549 | 129.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.9% |
| North Tyneside 024B | 1,285 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| North Tyneside 024C | 1,294 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.4% |
| North Tyneside 024D | 1,386 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| North Tyneside 025A | 1,304 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| North Tyneside 025B | 1,667 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| North Tyneside 025C | 1,240 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.1% |
| North Tyneside 025D | 2,542 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| North Tyneside 026A | 1,581 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 026B | 1,698 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| North Tyneside 026C | 1,523 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| North Tyneside 026D | 1,607 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| North Tyneside 028A | 1,651 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| North Tyneside 028B | 1,675 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| North Tyneside 028C | 2,513 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| North Tyneside 028D | 1,804 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| North Tyneside 029A | 1,595 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| North Tyneside 029B | 1,608 | 176.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| North Tyneside 029C | 1,933 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| North Tyneside 029D | 2,039 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| North Tyneside 030A | 1,480 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| North Tyneside 030B | 1,454 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| North Tyneside 030C | 1,427 | 204.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| North Tyneside 030D | 1,166 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| North Tyneside 030E | 1,337 | 314.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |
MPs for NE28
- Mary GlindonLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend95% of NE28’s postcodes
- Sir Alan CampbellLabourMP for Tynemouth4.5% of NE28’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 NE287
Postcode sectors in NE286
Council1
Towns in NE281
Postcode districts next to NE285
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE28 in brief
NE28 is a postcode district covering Wallsend, Bigges Main and Willington Square, in North Tyneside.
About 48,453 people lived in NE28 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 646 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 99.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE28 was £160,000 in 2025.
NE28 had 46,610 usual residents at the census.
In NE28, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE28, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.