NE12 8BL

Longbenton & Benton · North Tyneside · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Tyneside
Postcode district
NE12
Postcode sector
NE12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE12 8AB 93 m
NE12 8AA 142 m
NE12 8AH 162 m
NE7 7XH 173 m
NE12 8AE 177 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE12 8BL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE12
Postcode sector
NE12 8
Latitude
55.011408
Longitude
-1.574510
British National Grid easting
427,310
British National Grid northing
568,621

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
North Tyneside · E08000022
Parish or community
E43000176
Output area
E00042976
Lower layer super output area
North Tyneside 018A · E01008469
Middle layer super output area
North Tyneside 018 · E02001755

Postcode source versions

Explore NE12

193 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
24, Williams Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8BL 22 May 2026 £130,000
67, Williams Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8BL 31 March 2026 £160,000
3, Williams Park, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 8BL 5 December 2025 £69,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
87
Primary
54
Secondary
13
  1. St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle

    Academy converter

    208 m
  2. Benton House School

    Other independent special school

    210 m
  3. St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)

    Voluntary aided school

    224 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,507
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 492
  • Anti social behaviour 227
  • Criminal damage and arson 147
  • Public order 121
  • Shoplifting 108

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
105

50 female, 55 male

Postcode households
63
Residents per household
1.7
NE12 8 residents
10,056

Age bands in NE12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

1,768 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

922 residents

Age 25 to 44
32.2%

3,248 residents

Age 45 to 64
24.9%

2,511 residents

Age 65 and over
16.2%

1,633 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.3%
Gigabit-capable
94.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

21

within 5 km

  • LANE END SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86016

    328 m

  • WEST FARM SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86005

    616 m

  • SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86041

    620 m

  • STEPHENSON PARK HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code A87007

    1.1 km

  • BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code A86010

    2.5 km

  • BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD

    ODS code A86023

    2.6 km

  • JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

    200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD

    ODS code A86020

    2.8 km

  • MALLARD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A87615

    3.0 km

  • WELLSPRING MEDICAL PRACT.

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

    ODS code A87612

    3.0 km

  • THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP

    1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU

    ODS code A86018

    3.0 km

  • ROSEWORTH SURGERY

    27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB

    ODS code A86006

    3.0 km

  • REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE

    RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ

    ODS code A86028

    3.1 km

  • HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE

    ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU

    ODS code A87029

    3.2 km

  • THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY

    THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB

    ODS code A87016

    3.3 km

  • HEATON ROAD SURGERY

    17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA

    ODS code A86024

    3.7 km

  • BRUNTON PARK

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

    ODS code A86033

    3.8 km

  • THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP

    MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG

    ODS code A86029

    3.8 km

  • SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP

    7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ

    ODS code A86003

    4.5 km

  • PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    SHOPPING CENTRE, FAWDON PARK ROAD, FAWDON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2PE

    ODS code A86008

    4.5 km

  • WALKER MEDICAL GROUP

    CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS

    ODS code A86011

    4.7 km

Showing 20 of 21 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Front Street-College Lane

    BCT · Benton

    0.1 miles
  • Front Street-College Lane

    BCT · Benton

    0.1 miles
  • Front Street-Eastfield Road

    BCT · Benton

    0.1 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Four Lane Ends

    0.2 miles
  • Interchange

    BCS · Four Lane Ends

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 018A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

23,803 of 33,755

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

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £145,000 from 23 recorded sales in NE12 8BL. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Tyneside is £203,813 in June 2026, up 6.0% year on year.

Schools

87 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 13 secondary schools. St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle is the nearest published school at 208 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,507 published events cover 12 months, averaging 125.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 492 events.

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