NE34
Postcode districtPostcode district covering South Shields, Horsley Hill and West Harton, 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 NE34 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE34, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE34 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE34 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE34 at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 451 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE34.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,472), anti-social behaviour (834) and other crime (803).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE34 was 102.6 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 NE34, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE34 has no single figure. Of its 38 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 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 NE34
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside 003A | 1,133 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.5% |
| South Tyneside 004A | 1,443 | 31.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.2% |
| South Tyneside 004C | 1,538 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.5% |
| South Tyneside 004D | 1,881 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.0% |
| South Tyneside 005B | 1,437 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 005C | 1,151 | 91.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| South Tyneside 006A | 1,353 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.3% |
| South Tyneside 006B | 1,306 | 22.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% |
| South Tyneside 006C | 1,186 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| South Tyneside 006D | 1,399 | 73.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 92.8% |
| South Tyneside 008A | 1,429 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 008B | 1,223 | 100.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 78.0% |
| South Tyneside 008C | 1,381 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.0% |
| South Tyneside 008D | 1,402 | 60.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.9% |
| South Tyneside 011A | 1,393 | 151.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.6% |
| South Tyneside 011B | 1,239 | 110.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.6% |
| South Tyneside 011C | 1,208 | 160.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| South Tyneside 011D | 1,777 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.4% |
| South Tyneside 012B | 1,446 | 204.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| South Tyneside 012D | 1,315 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| South Tyneside 013A | 1,665 | 83.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| South Tyneside 013C | 1,379 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| South Tyneside 013F | 1,467 | 48.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.6% |
| South Tyneside 013G | 1,531 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 66.7% |
| South Tyneside 014C | 1,139 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.5% |
| South Tyneside 014D | 1,480 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| South Tyneside 016A | 1,349 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.0% |
| South Tyneside 016B | 1,126 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 016C | 1,751 | 129.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.8% |
| South Tyneside 016D | 1,470 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 016E | 1,506 | 80.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| South Tyneside 018A | 1,313 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.7% |
| South Tyneside 018B | 1,026 | 72.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.3% |
| South Tyneside 019A | 1,335 | 145.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| South Tyneside 019B | 1,431 | 125.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 019C | 1,359 | 52.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| South Tyneside 019D | 1,138 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| South Tyneside 019E | 1,346 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.5% |
MPs for NE34
- Emma LewellLabourMP for South Shields95% of NE34’s postcodes
- Kate OsborneLabourMP for Jarrow and Gateshead East5.0% of NE34’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 NE348
Postcode sectors in NE345
Council1
Towns in NE342
Postcode districts next to NE345
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE34 in brief
NE34 is a postcode district covering South Shields, Horsley Hill and West Harton, in South Tyneside.
About 52,503 people lived in NE34 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £169,950 in 2025 across 527 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE34 was £169,950 in 2025.
NE34 had 51,789 usual residents at the census.
In NE34, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE34, 4.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.