NE8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Gateshead, Bensham and Shipcote, in Gateshead.
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 NE8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE8, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE8 at a rate of 138.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 462 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,422), anti-social behaviour (1,017) and other crime (919).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE8 was 173.0 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 NE8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE8 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 10 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateshead 007C | 2,286 | 97.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 66.4% |
| Gateshead 007D | 2,018 | 179.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 58.2% |
| Gateshead 008A | 1,545 | 137.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 86.5% |
| Gateshead 008C | 1,763 | 161.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.2% |
| Gateshead 008E | 1,460 | 98.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 84.7% |
| Gateshead 008F | 2,739 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Gateshead 010A | 1,756 | 53.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Gateshead 010B | 1,654 | 77.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| Gateshead 010C | 1,466 | 83.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Gateshead 010D | 1,488 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Gateshead 011A | 1,506 | 74.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Gateshead 011D | 1,510 | 88.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.2% |
| Gateshead 027A | 2,244 | 210.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.7% |
| Gateshead 027B | 1,506 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.7% |
| Gateshead 027C | 1,625 | 542.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 57.3% |
| Gateshead 027E | 1,098 | 133.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.5% |
| Gateshead 027F | 1,216 | 171.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 32.9% |
| Gateshead 028A | 2,055 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.0% |
| Gateshead 028B | 1,608 | 176.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
MPs for NE8
- Mark FergusonLabourMP for Gateshead Central and Whickham98% of NE8’s postcodes
- Kate OsborneLabourMP for Jarrow and Gateshead East2.4% of NE8’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 NE85
Postcode sectors in NE85
Council1
Towns in NE81
Postcode districts next to NE83
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE8 in brief
NE8 is a postcode district covering Gateshead, Bensham and Shipcote, in Gateshead.
About 34,859 people lived in NE8 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 329 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 138.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE8 was £140,000 in 2025.
NE8 had 32,087 usual residents at the census.
In NE8, 86.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE8, 5.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.