# NE28

Postcode district covering Wallsend, Bigges Main and Willington Square, in North Tyneside.

NE28 is a postcode district covering Wallsend, Bigges Main and Willington Square, in North Tyneside. Median sale price £160,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code NE28. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £160,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NE28 was £160,000 in 2025. Joint 148th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 46,610** (2021). NE28 had 46,610 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 275th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 36%** (2022). About 36% of people in NE28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.9%** (January 2026). In NE28, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NE28) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 36% of people in NE28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=NE28) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 646 homes were sold in NE28 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NE28) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NE28.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NE28) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NE28 had 46,610 usual residents at the census.

## How NE28 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | NE28 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £160,000 | joint 13th cheapest | 58 postcode districts, NE · 2025 |
| Population | 46,610 | 5th most populated | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 36% | 23rd fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.9% | joint 15th highest | 60 postcode districts, NE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the NE postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in NE28

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [North Tyneside 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008461) | 1,393 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.0% |
| [North Tyneside 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008466) | 1,376 | 17.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [North Tyneside 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008467) | 1,359 | 36.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| [North Tyneside 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008468) | 1,475 | 186.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| [North Tyneside 024A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008462) | 1,549 | 129.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.9% |
| [North Tyneside 024B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008463) | 1,285 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.7% |
| [North Tyneside 024C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008464) | 1,294 | 75.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 93.4% |
| [North Tyneside 024D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008465) | 1,386 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.2% |
| [North Tyneside 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008531) | 1,304 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.6% |
| [North Tyneside 025B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008532) | 1,667 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.4% |
| [North Tyneside 025C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008534) | 1,240 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 74.1% |
| [North Tyneside 025D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008538) | 2,542 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [North Tyneside 026A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008508) | 1,581 | 52.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 026B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008509) | 1,698 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [North Tyneside 026C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008510) | 1,523 | 126.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 026D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008512) | 1,607 | 104.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [North Tyneside 028A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008511) | 1,651 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [North Tyneside 028B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008542) | 1,675 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| [North Tyneside 028C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008543) | 2,513 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.6% |
| [North Tyneside 028D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008571) | 1,804 | 135.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.0% |
| [North Tyneside 029A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008572) | 1,595 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| [North Tyneside 029B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008573) | 1,608 | 176.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| [North Tyneside 029C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008574) | 1,933 | 76.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| [North Tyneside 029D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008576) | 2,039 | 71.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.8% |
| [North Tyneside 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008533) | 1,480 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [North Tyneside 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008535) | 1,454 | 49.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| [North Tyneside 030C](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008536) | 1,427 | 204.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.4% |
| [North Tyneside 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008537) | 1,166 | 108.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| [North Tyneside 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008575) | 1,337 | 314.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.3% |

## Your MP

- [Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-east-and-wallsend): Mary Glindon (Labour), MP since July 2024. 95% of the people here.
- [Tynemouth](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/tynemouth): Sir Alan Campbell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 4.5% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in NE28

[Battle Hill East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/battle-hill-east), [Battle Hill West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/battle-hill-west), [East Benton](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/east-benton), [Howdon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/howdon), [Wallsend East](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/wallsend-east), [Wallsend West](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/wallsend-west), [Willington Quay](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside/willington-quay)

## Postcode sectors in NE28

[NE28 0 (157 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-0), [NE28 5 (23 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-5), [NE28 6 (162 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-6), [NE28 7 (200 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-7), [NE28 8 (212 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-8), [NE28 9 (301 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28-9)

## Council

[North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)

## Towns in NE28

[Wallsend](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wallsend)

## Postcode districts next to NE28

[NE6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne6), [NE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne7), [NE12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12), [NE27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne27), [NE29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne29)

## Nearest rail stations

[Wallsend (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5323,54.9896), [Hadrian Road (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5159,54.9922), [Walkergate (2.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5591,54.9855), [Benton (2.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5678,55.0137)

## More in the NE postcode area

[All NE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 36% of people in NE28 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE28, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NE28
- Postcode area: [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)
- Constituency: [Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-east-and-wallsend)
- Council: [North Tyneside †](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside)
- Area: 14.10 km²
- People, mid-2024: 48,453*
- Neighbourhoods: 29
- Output areas: 167

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[NE29](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne29), [NE6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne6), [NE12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne12), [NE7](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne7), [NE27](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne27)

## Latest updates for NE28

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/NE28

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne28