NE70
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Belford and Lucker, 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 NE70 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE70, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE70 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE70 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE70 at a rate of 43.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE70.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (23), other crime (22) and criminal damage and arson (10).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE70 was 46.6 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 NE70, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE70 has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE70
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 003A | 1,960 | 49.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.2% |
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.
Postcode sectors in NE701
Council1
Postcode districts next to NE705
More in the NE postcode area2
NE70 in brief
NE70 is a postcode district covering Belford and Lucker, in Northumberland.
About 1,738 people lived in NE70 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £250,000 in 2025 across 28 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 43.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE70 was £250,000 in 2025.
NE70 had 1,738 usual residents at the census.
In NE70, 90.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE70, 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.