NE61
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Morpeth and Stobhill, 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 NE61 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE61, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE61 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE61 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE61 at a rate of 73.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 215 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE61.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (923), anti-social behaviour (605) and other crime (449).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE61 was 90.7 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 NE61, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE61 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE61
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 008C | 1,655 | 81.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.7% |
| Northumberland 008D | 1,312 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 41.8% |
| Northumberland 008E | 1,686 | 129.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.2% |
| Northumberland 008F | 1,866 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.5% |
| Northumberland 008G | 1,390 | 83.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.2% |
| Northumberland 011A | 1,713 | 226.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.7% |
| Northumberland 011B | 1,963 | 86.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Northumberland 011C | 1,771 | 38.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.1% |
| Northumberland 015A | 1,736 | 24.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.6% |
| Northumberland 015D | 2,680 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| Northumberland 015E | 1,747 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.6% |
| Northumberland 015F | 1,631 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.1% |
| Northumberland 016A | 1,311 | 86.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 85.7% |
| Northumberland 016B | 1,454 | 253.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 69.9% |
| Northumberland 016E | 1,295 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 016F | 1,970 | 42.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Northumberland 018A | 1,428 | 24.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Northumberland 018B | 1,221 | 16.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Northumberland 018C | 2,381 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Northumberland 018D | 1,605 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
MPs for NE61
- David SmithLabourMP for North Northumberland75% of NE61’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham24% of NE61’s postcodes
- Ian LaveryLabourMP for Blyth and Ashington0.8% of NE61’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 NE615
Postcode sectors in NE617
Council1
Towns in NE611
Postcode districts next to NE618
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NE postcode area2
NE61 in brief
NE61 is a postcode district covering Morpeth and Stobhill, in Northumberland.
About 35,719 people lived in NE61 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £240,000 in 2025 across 679 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 73.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE61 was £240,000 in 2025.
NE61 had 34,146 usual residents at the census.
In NE61, 87.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE61, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.