NE6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker and Heaton, 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 NE6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE6, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE6 at a rate of 130.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 646 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,785), anti-social behaviour (1,304) and other crime (1,162).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE6 was 156.0 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 NE6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE6 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 15 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012E | 1,585 | 39.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012F | 1,584 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018A | 1,750 | 292.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 63.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018B | 1,410 | 32.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018C | 1,523 | 73.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018D | 1,502 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018E | 1,533 | 248.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 018F | 1,457 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020A | 1,265 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020B | 1,534 | 53.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020C | 1,372 | 84.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020D | 1,415 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020E | 1,587 | 60.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 020F | 1,572 | 151.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 028A | 1,817 | 118.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 028B | 1,674 | 112.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 028C | 1,584 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 028D | 1,546 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 030A | 1,968 | 110.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 030B | 1,401 | 310.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 030C | 1,338 | 114.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 030D | 1,482 | 156.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 034A | 1,520 | 78.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.8% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 034C | 1,364 | 146.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.2% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 035A | 1,827 | 374.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 035B | 1,432 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 035C | 1,625 | 86.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.3% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 035D | 1,629 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.1% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 040A | 1,211 | 534.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 39.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 040B | 1,186 | 128.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 48.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 040C | 2,437 | 167.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 55.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 040D | 1,624 | 87.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
Your MP
- Mary GlindonLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
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Middle areas in NE66
Postcode sectors in NE66
Council1
Towns in NE61
Postcode districts next to NE63
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE6 in brief
NE6 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker and Heaton, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
About 52,475 people lived in NE6 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 543 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 130.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE6 was £180,000 in 2025.
NE6 had 50,634 usual residents at the census.
In NE6, 92.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE6, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.