NE3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Gosforth and Kenton, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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 NE3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE3, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE3 at a rate of 73.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 325 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,011), shoplifting (729) and other crime (728).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE3 was 84.7 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 NE3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE3 has no single figure. Of its 34 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002A | 1,785 | 19.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002C | 1,442 | 51.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002D | 1,526 | 44.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002E | 1,707 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002F | 2,055 | 17.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 002G | 1,828 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003A | 1,330 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003B | 1,305 | 97.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003C | 1,127 | 75.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003D | 1,842 | 64.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003E | 1,751 | 81.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003F | 1,412 | 74.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 003G | 1,332 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 005A | 1,393 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 005B | 1,619 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 005C | 1,959 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 005D | 1,305 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 005F | 1,500 | 75.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 88.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006A | 1,526 | 92.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006B | 1,533 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006C | 1,329 | 125.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006D | 1,415 | 27.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006E | 1,427 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006F | 1,515 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 006G | 1,304 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008A | 1,796 | 176.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008B | 1,500 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008C | 1,455 | 122.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008D | 1,159 | 26.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008F | 1,689 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 033A | 2,220 | 33.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 66.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 033B | 1,164 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 033C | 1,189 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 033D | 1,358 | 332.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.0% |
MPs for NE3
- Catherine McKinnellLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne North98% of NE3’s postcodes
- Dame Chi OnwurahLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West1.2% of NE3’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham0.3% of NE3’s postcodes
- Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)MP for Cramlington and Killingworth0.3% of NE3’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 NE36
Postcode sectors in NE36
Council1
Towns in NE31
Postcode districts next to NE35
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE3 in brief
NE3 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Gosforth and Kenton, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
About 54,065 people lived in NE3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £275,000 in 2025 across 808 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE3 was £275,000 in 2025.
NE3 had 52,874 usual residents at the census.
In NE3, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE3, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.