NE62
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Guide Post, Stakeford and Choppington, 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 NE62 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE62, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE62 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE62 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE62 at a rate of 80.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 52 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE62.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (204), anti-social behaviour (151) and other crime (113).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE62 was 99.3 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 NE62, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE62 has no single figure. Of its 6 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE62
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 017A | 1,362 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 017B | 1,648 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.1% |
| Northumberland 017C | 1,772 | 131.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Northumberland 017D | 1,324 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Northumberland 017E | 1,594 | 117.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.5% |
| Northumberland 017F | 1,308 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.2% |
Your MP
- Ian LaveryLabourMP for Blyth and Ashington
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 NE621
Postcode sectors in NE621
Council1
Towns in NE621
Postcode districts next to NE623
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE62 in brief
NE62 is a postcode district covering Guide Post, Stakeford and Choppington, in Northumberland.
About 8,569 people lived in NE62 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £140,000 in 2025 across 163 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 80.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE62 was £140,000 in 2025.
NE62 had 8,442 usual residents at the census.
In NE62, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE62, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.