NE66
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Alnwick, 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 NE66 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE66, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE66 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE66 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE66 at a rate of 57.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 78 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE66.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (353), anti-social behaviour (207) and other crime (204).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE66 was 80.5 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 NE66, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE66 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 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 NE66
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 003B | 1,824 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 71.2% |
| Northumberland 004A | 2,229 | 35.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 51.2% |
| Northumberland 004B | 1,288 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.9% |
| Northumberland 004C | 1,512 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 45.2% |
| Northumberland 004D | 1,664 | 10.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 17.3% |
| Northumberland 005A | 1,946 | 108.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.2% |
| Northumberland 005B | 2,262 | 112.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.3% |
| Northumberland 005D | 1,056 | 158.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.4% |
| Northumberland 005E | 1,538 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.3% |
| Northumberland 006F | 1,787 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 3.8% |
Your MP
- David SmithLabourMP for North Northumberland
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 NE663
Postcode sectors in NE666
Council1
Towns in NE661
Postcode districts next to NE664
More in the NE postcode area2
NE66 in brief
NE66 is a postcode district covering Alnwick, in Northumberland.
About 18,390 people lived in NE66 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £282,498 in 2025 across 314 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 57.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE66 was £282,498 in 2025.
NE66 had 17,897 usual residents at the census.
In NE66, 64.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE66, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.