NE7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, High Heaton and Bigges Main, 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 NE7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE7, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE7 at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 90 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (222), violence and sexual offences (179) and other crime (136).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE7 was 72.4 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 NE7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE7 has no single figure. Of its 10 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007A | 1,405 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007B | 1,791 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007C | 1,586 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007D | 1,707 | 58.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.6% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007E | 1,542 | 12.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 007F | 1,661 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012A | 1,081 | 181.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012B | 1,505 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 89.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012C | 1,504 | 14.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne 012D | 1,318 | 53.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
MPs for NE7
- Mary GlindonLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend63% of NE7’s postcodes
- Catherine McKinnellLabourMP for Newcastle upon Tyne North37% of NE7’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 NE72
Postcode sectors in NE71
Council1
Towns in NE71
Postcode districts next to NE75
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE7 in brief
NE7 is a postcode district covering Newcastle upon Tyne, High Heaton and Bigges Main, in Newcastle upon Tyne.
About 14,733 people lived in NE7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £245,000 in 2025 across 221 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 58.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE7 was £245,000 in 2025.
NE7 had 14,757 usual residents at the census.
In NE7, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE7, 1.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.