Schools
81 open schools are in scope, including 50 primary and 13 secondary schools. Benton Dene School is the nearest published school at 336 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE12 0AR
Forest Hall · North Tyneside · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Forest Hall
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Postcode district
- NE12
- Postcode sector
- NE12 0
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE12 0AR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1999
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE12
- Postcode sector
- NE12 0
- Latitude
- 55.021083
- Longitude
- -1.568307
- British National Grid easting
- 427,700
- British National Grid northing
- 569,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- North Tyneside · E08000022
- Electoral ward
- Forest Hall · E05015870
- Parish or community
- E43000176
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North · E14001379
- Output area
- E00042974
- Lower layer super output area
- North Tyneside 014A · E01008470
- Middle layer super output area
- North Tyneside 014 · E02001751
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore NE12
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 81
- Primary
- 50
- Secondary
- 13
- 336 m
Benton Dene School
Foundation special school
- 446 m
Percy Hedley Hedleys College
Special post 16 institution
- 468 m
Benton Dene Primary School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,517
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 530
- Anti social behaviour 245
- Criminal damage and arson 162
- Public order 131
- Other theft 81
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- Postcode sector residents
- Not available
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version not available.
GP practices
22
within 5 km
STEPHENSON PARK HEALTH GROUP
STATION ROAD, FOREST HALL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 9BQ
ODS code A87007
93 m
WEST FARM SURGERY
31 WEST FARM AVENUE, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 8LS
ODS code A86005
1.4 km
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
1.5 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
1.8 km
MALLARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87615
1.8 km
WELLSPRING MEDICAL PRACT.
KILLINGWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87612
1.8 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
3.6 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
3.6 km
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
3.7 km
REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE
RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ
ODS code A86028
3.7 km
JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD
ODS code A86020
3.8 km
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
3.8 km
BRUNTON PARK
PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF
ODS code A86033
3.9 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP
1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU
ODS code A86018
3.9 km
ROSEWORTH SURGERY
27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB
ODS code A86006
3.9 km
NORTHUMBERLAND PARK MEDICAL GROUP
SHIREMOOR CENTRE, EARSDON ROAD, SHIREMOOR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE27 0HJ
ODS code A87022
4.4 km
WIDEOPEN MEDICAL CENTRE
TULACH ARD, NORTH ROAD, WIDEOPEN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE13 6LN
ODS code A87012
4.7 km
WOODLANDS PARK HEALTH CTR
CANTERBURY WAY, WIDEOPEN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE13 6JJ
ODS code A87017
4.8 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
4.8 km
NETHERFIELD HOUSE
HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD HOUSE, STATION ROAD, SEGHILL, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 7EF
ODS code A84037
4.9 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Briar Edge
BCT · Forest Hall
- 0.1 miles
Briar Edge
BCT · Forest Hall
- 0.1 miles
Station Road North
BCT · Forest Hall
- 0.1 miles
Station Road-Albany Avenue
BCT · Benton
- 0.2 miles
Station Road North
BCT · Forest Hall
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 014A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
3 of 10
Overall England rank
9,870 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 2 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,517 published events cover 12 months, averaging 126.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 530 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.