NE48
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bellingham and Wark, in Northumberland.
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 NE48 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE48, 61.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE48 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE48 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE48 at a rate of 27.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE48.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (34), other crime (30) and anti-social behaviour (18).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE48 was 38.2 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 NE48, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE48 has no single figure. Of its 3 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE48
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 019A | 2,183 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 72.2% |
| Northumberland 019B | 1,224 | 15.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 74.7% |
| Northumberland 019D | 1,080 | 14.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 60.8% |
MPs for NE48
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham100% of NE48’s postcodes
- David SmithLabourMP for North Northumberland0.2% of NE48’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 NE481
Postcode sectors in NE484
Council1
Postcode districts next to NE487
More in the NE postcode area2
NE48 in brief
NE48 is a postcode district covering Bellingham and Wark, in Northumberland.
About 4,290 people lived in NE48 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 54 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 27.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE48 was £200,000 in 2025.
NE48 had 4,269 usual residents at the census.
In NE48, 61.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE48, 2.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.