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NE12 6AB

Backworth & Holystone · North Tyneside · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Backworth & Holystone
Local authority
North Tyneside
Constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth
Postcode district
NE12
Postcode sector
NE12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE12 6BF 120 m
NE12 6BB 166 m
NE12 6AA 221 m
NE12 6BD 226 m
NE12 6BA 277 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE12 6AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE12
Postcode sector
NE12 6
Latitude
55.029230
Longitude
-1.552201
British National Grid easting
428,724
British National Grid northing
570,613

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
North Tyneside · E08000022
Electoral ward
Backworth & Holystone · E05015865
Parish or community
E43000176
Westminster constituency
Cramlington and Killingworth · E14001183
Output area
E00043132
Lower layer super output area
North Tyneside 012A · E01008500
Middle layer super output area
North Tyneside 012 · E02001749

Postcode source versions

Explore NE12

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
66
Primary
41
Secondary
13

  1. Ivy Road Primary School

    Foundation school

    766 m

  2. St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall

    Academy converter

    823 m

  3. Percy Hedley School

    Non-maintained special school

    923 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,490
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 456
  • Anti social behaviour 241
  • Shoplifting 203
  • Criminal damage and arson 147
  • Public order 110

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE12 6 residents
9,475

Age bands in NE12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,608 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

877 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.9%

2,368 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,577 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

2,076 residents

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 2024-04-08.

GP practices

15

within 5 km straight-line

  • MALLARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS

    ODS code A87615

    1.2 km

  • WELLSPRING MEDICAL PRACT.

    KILLINGWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS

    ODS code A87612

    1.2 km

  • STEPHENSON PARK HEALTH GROUP

    STATION ROAD, FOREST HALL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 9BQ

    ODS code A87007

    1.4 km

  • LANE END SURGERY

    2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX

    ODS code A86016

    2.8 km

  • WEST FARM SURGERY

    31 WEST FARM AVENUE, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 8LS

    ODS code A86005

    2.8 km

  • SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY

    2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD

    ODS code A86041

    3.1 km

  • NORTHUMBERLAND PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    SHIREMOOR CENTRE, EARSDON ROAD, SHIREMOOR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE27 0HJ

    ODS code A87022

    3.1 km

  • NETHERFIELD HOUSE

    HEALTH CENTRE, NETHERFIELD HOUSE, STATION ROAD, SEGHILL, CRAMLINGTON, NE23 7EF

    ODS code A84037

    3.8 km

  • THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY

    THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB

    ODS code A87016

    3.9 km

  • HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE

    ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU

    ODS code A87029

    4.3 km

  • BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD

    ODS code A86023

    4.5 km

  • BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP

    BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL

    ODS code A86010

    4.7 km

  • BRUNTON PARK

    PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF

    ODS code A86033

    4.8 km

  • NPC ELSDON AVENUE

    ELSDON AVENUE, SEATON DELAVAL, WHITLEY BAY, NE25 0BW

    ODS code A84619

    4.9 km

  • BEWICKE MEDICAL CENTRE

    51 TYNEMOUTH ROAD, HOWDEN, WALLSEND, NE28 0AD

    ODS code A87013

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Great Lime Road-Beal Drive

    BCT · Palmersville

    0.2 miles

  • Clousden Hill

    BCT · Palmersville

    0.3 miles

  • East Bailey-Goodwood

    BCT · Killingworth

    0.3 miles

  • East Bailey-Goodwood

    BCT · Killingworth

    0.3 miles

  • East Bailey-Garth 27

    BCT · Killingworth

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 012A, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,122 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

66 open schools are in scope, including 41 primary and 13 secondary schools. Ivy Road Primary School is the nearest published school at 766 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,490 published events cover 12 months, averaging 124.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 456 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.