NE33
Postcode districtPostcode district covering South Shields, Westoe and High Shields, in South 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 NE33 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE33, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE33 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE33 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE33 at a rate of 190.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 526 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE33.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,475), anti-social behaviour (1,151) and shoplifting (914).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE33 was 227.8 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 NE33, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE33 has no single figure. Of its 18 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE33
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside 001A | 1,414 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 91.8% |
| South Tyneside 001B | 1,416 | 642.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| South Tyneside 001C | 2,332 | 217.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.6% |
| South Tyneside 001D | 1,470 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| South Tyneside 001E | 1,444 | 107.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 87.5% |
| South Tyneside 002A | 1,214 | 526.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.9% |
| South Tyneside 002B | 1,254 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 002C | 1,848 | 187.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.9% |
| South Tyneside 002D | 1,705 | 297.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 74.3% |
| South Tyneside 002E | 1,398 | 217.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| South Tyneside 003B | 1,239 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.7% |
| South Tyneside 003C | 1,167 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.8% |
| South Tyneside 003D | 1,302 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.9% |
| South Tyneside 003E | 1,111 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| South Tyneside 004B | 1,332 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.7% |
| South Tyneside 005A | 1,210 | 150.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.5% |
| South Tyneside 005D | 1,226 | 254.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| South Tyneside 012C | 1,047 | 151.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.1% |
Your MP
- Emma LewellLabourMP for South Shields
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 NE334
Postcode sectors in NE336
Council1
Towns in NE331
Postcode districts next to NE332
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE33 in brief
NE33 is a postcode district covering South Shields, Westoe and High Shields, in South Tyneside.
About 26,937 people lived in NE33 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £135,000 in 2025 across 311 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 190.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE33 was £135,000 in 2025.
NE33 had 26,090 usual residents at the census.
In NE33, 90.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE33, 6.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.