NE65
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Amble, 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 NE65 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE65, 59.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE65 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE65 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE65 at a rate of 65.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 120 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE65.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (424), anti-social behaviour (417) and other crime (277).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE65 was 73.8 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 NE65, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE65 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE65
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 006A | 1,638 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 63.4% |
| Northumberland 006B | 1,806 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 81.6% |
| Northumberland 006C | 1,268 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Northumberland 006D | 1,758 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Northumberland 006E | 2,047 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 19.3% |
| Northumberland 006G | 2,335 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 35.6% |
| Northumberland 007A | 2,434 | 28.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 39.9% |
| Northumberland 007B | 1,673 | 40.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.3% |
| Northumberland 007C | 1,482 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Northumberland 007D | 2,012 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 44.0% |
| Northumberland 008A | 1,613 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 65.8% |
| Northumberland 008B | 2,617 | 84.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.5% |
| Northumberland 015C | 1,680 | 60.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 24.8% |
MPs for NE65
- David SmithLabourMP for North Northumberland91% of NE65’s postcodes
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham9.3% of NE65’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 NE652
Postcode sectors in NE654
Council1
Postcode districts next to NE656
More in the NE postcode area2
NE65 in brief
NE65 is a postcode district covering Amble, in Northumberland.
About 21,940 people lived in NE65 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £280,000 in 2025 across 441 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE65 was £280,000 in 2025.
NE65 had 21,642 usual residents at the census.
In NE65, 59.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE65, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.