NE40
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Ryton, Crawcrook and Crookhill, in Gateshead.
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 NE40 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE40, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE40 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE40 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE40 at a rate of 70.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 138 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE40.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (291), anti-social behaviour (224) and shoplifting (206).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE40 was 66.7 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 NE40, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE40 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE40
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateshead 001A | 1,385 | 38.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Gateshead 001B | 1,538 | 91.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.3% |
| Gateshead 001D | 1,503 | 207.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Gateshead 001E | 1,425 | 76.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.6% |
| Gateshead 002A | 1,986 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.4% |
| Gateshead 002B | 1,710 | 36.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| Gateshead 002C | 1,647 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Gateshead 002D | 1,315 | 56.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.6% |
| Gateshead 002E | 1,369 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 84.5% |
| Gateshead 002F | 1,319 | 62.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.6% |
Your MP
- Liz TwistLabourMP for Blaydon and Consett
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 NE402
Postcode sectors in NE403
Council1
Towns in NE402
Postcode districts next to NE404
Nearest rail stations2
More in the NE postcode area2
NE40 in brief
NE40 is a postcode district covering Ryton, Crawcrook and Crookhill, in Gateshead.
About 15,887 people lived in NE40 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £189,950 in 2025 across 317 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 70.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE40 was £189,950 in 2025.
NE40 had 15,388 usual residents at the census.
In NE40, 94.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE40, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.