NE5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, West Denton and Cowgate, 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 NE5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE5, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE5 at a rate of 100.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 475 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,438), anti-social behaviour (1,085) and other crime (897).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE5 was 110.5 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 NE5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE5 has no single figure. Of its 33 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 5 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne 004A | 1,374 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 004B | 1,521 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 004C | 1,591 | 178.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 69.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 004E | 1,871 | 124.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 004F | 1,401 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008E | 2,302 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 69.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 008G | 1,901 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 011A | 1,337 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 011B | 1,956 | 146.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 011C | 1,940 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 011D | 1,388 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 014G | 1,385 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015A | 1,257 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015B | 1,488 | 202.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015C | 1,395 | 161.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015D | 1,236 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015E | 1,209 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015F | 1,462 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 015G | 1,431 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 016A | 2,050 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 016C | 1,895 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 019A | 1,643 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 019B | 1,498 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 019C | 1,565 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 019E | 1,486 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 019H | 1,631 | 190.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031A | 1,815 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031B | 1,312 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031C | 1,599 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031D | 2,103 | 171.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031E | 1,350 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031F | 1,300 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 031G | 1,374 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
MPs for NE5
- Dame Chi OnwurahLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West96% of NE5’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham3.8% of NE5’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 NE55
Postcode sectors in NE56
Council1
Towns in NE51
Postcode districts next to NE56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE5 in brief
NE5 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, West Denton and Cowgate, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
About 52,460 people lived in NE5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £180,000 in 2025 across 752 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE5 was £180,000 in 2025.
NE5 had 49,800 usual residents at the census.
In NE5, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE5, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.