# NE5

Postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, West Denton and Cowgate, in Newcastle upon Tyne.

NE5 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, West Denton and Cowgate, in Newcastle upon Tyne. Median sale price £180,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code NE5. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)

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](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £180,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in NE5 was £180,000 in 2025. Joint 239th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 49,800** (2021). NE5 had 49,800 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 218th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in NE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In NE5, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=NE5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in NE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=NE5) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 752 homes were sold in NE5 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=NE5) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for NE5.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=NE5) (Census 2021, England and Wales): NE5 had 49,800 usual residents at the census.

## How NE5 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | NE5 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £180,000 | joint 23rd cheapest | 58 postcode districts, NE · 2025 |
| Population | 49,800 | 4th most populated | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 60 postcode districts, NE · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.2% | 12th highest | 60 postcode districts, NE · Jan 2026 |

## 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 the NE postcode area.
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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in NE5

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008293) | 1,374 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008456) | 1,521 | 107.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008457) | 1,591 | 178.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 69.4% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008459) | 1,871 | 124.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008460) | 1,401 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.3% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008377) | 2,302 | 113.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 69.9% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 008G](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008380) | 1,901 | 96.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.4% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008296) | 1,337 | 67.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.1% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008297) | 1,956 | 146.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.2% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008298) | 1,940 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008299) | 1,388 | 135.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.9% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 014G](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008443) | 1,385 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008324) | 1,257 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008325) | 1,488 | 202.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008326) | 1,395 | 161.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008327) | 1,236 | 94.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008328) | 1,209 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008329) | 1,462 | 87.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 015G](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008330) | 1,431 | 127.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008300) | 2,050 | 122.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008451) | 1,895 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008343) | 1,643 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008344) | 1,498 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008345) | 1,565 | 133.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008347) | 1,486 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 019H](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008350) | 1,631 | 190.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031A](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008441) | 1,815 | 55.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031B](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008442) | 1,312 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031C](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008444) | 1,599 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031D](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008445) | 2,103 | 171.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.5% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031E](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008446) | 1,350 | 20.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031F](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008447) | 1,300 | 100.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.6% |
| [Newcastle upon Tyne 031G](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/neighbourhood/e01008448) | 1,374 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |

## Your MP

- [Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-central-and-west): Dame Chi Onwurah (Labour), MP since July 2024. 96% of the people here.
- [Hexham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/hexham): Joe Morris (Labour), MP since July 2024. 3.8% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in NE5

[Blakelaw](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/blakelaw), [Denton](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/denton), [Fenham](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/fenham), [Westerhope](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/westerhope), [Woolsington & Airport](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne/woolsington-and-airport)

## Postcode sectors in NE5

[NE5 1 (258 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-1), [NE5 2 (300 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-2), [NE5 3 (257 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-3), [NE5 4 (189 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-4), [NE5 5 (136 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-5), [NE5 9 (8 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5-9)

## Council

[Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)

## Towns in NE5

[Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)

## Postcode districts next to NE5

[NE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne2), [NE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne3), [NE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne4), [NE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne13), [NE15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15), [NE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne20)

## Nearest rail stations

[Bank Foot (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.6781,55.0140), [Kingston Park (2.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.6651,55.0144), [Callerton Parkway (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.7043,55.0282), [Fawdon (3.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.6446,55.0137)

## More in the NE postcode area

[All NE postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## 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.
About 0% of people in NE5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE5, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: NE5
- Postcode area: [NE](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne)
- Constituency: [Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/newcastle-upon-tyne-central-and-west)
- Council: [Newcastle upon Tyne †](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne)
- Area: 19.80 km²
- People, mid-2024: 52,460*
- Neighbourhoods: 33
- Output areas: 166

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[NE15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne15), [NE13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne13), [NE3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne3), [NE20](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne20), [NE4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne4), [NE2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne2)

## Latest updates for NE5

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/NE5

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne5