Property market
The five-year median is £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE12 9JA. 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.
NE12 9JA
Forest Hall · North Tyneside · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Ward
- Forest Hall
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Postcode district
- NE12
- Postcode sector
- NE12 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE12 9JA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 1988
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE12
- Postcode sector
- NE12 9
- Latitude
- 55.014353
- Longitude
- -1.560920
- British National Grid easting
- 428,177
- British National Grid northing
- 568,954
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
- E00042990
- Lower layer super output area
- North Tyneside 018C · E01008473
- Middle layer super output area
- North Tyneside 018 · E02001755
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
Property
6 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 4, The Covers, Benton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 9JA | 14 January 2022 | £300,000 |
| Keithley Lodge, The Covers, Benton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 9JA | 31 March 2016 | £458,000 |
| 5, The Covers, Benton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12 9JA | 19 September 2013 | £130,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 87
- Primary
- 54
- Secondary
- 13
- 552 m
Percy Hedley Hedleys College
Special post 16 institution
- 875 m
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)
Voluntary aided school
- 912 m
St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,674
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 528
- Anti social behaviour 252
- Shoplifting 185
- Criminal damage and arson 161
- Public order 108
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 14
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.3
- NE12 9 residents
- 9,377
8 female, 6 male
Age bands in NE12 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
1,571 residents
952 residents
2,560 residents
2,757 residents
2,115 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE12 9 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
20
within 5 km
STEPHENSON PARK HEALTH GROUP
STATION ROAD, FOREST HALL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 9BQ
ODS code A87007
793 m
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
1.2 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
1.4 km
WEST FARM SURGERY
31 WEST FARM AVENUE, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 8LS
ODS code A86005
1.5 km
MALLARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87615
2.6 km
WELLSPRING MEDICAL PRACT.
KILLINGWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87612
2.6 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
2.8 km
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
2.9 km
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
2.9 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
3.0 km
JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD
ODS code A86020
3.7 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP
1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU
ODS code A86018
4.0 km
ROSEWORTH SURGERY
27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB
ODS code A86006
4.0 km
REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE
RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ
ODS code A86028
4.0 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
4.2 km
NORTHUMBERLAND PARK MEDICAL GROUP
SHIREMOOR CENTRE, EARSDON ROAD, SHIREMOOR, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE27 0HJ
ODS code A87022
4.3 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
4.3 km
BEWICKE MEDICAL CENTRE
51 TYNEMOUTH ROAD, HOWDEN, WALLSEND, NE28 0AD
ODS code A87013
4.4 km
BRUNTON PARK
PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF
ODS code A86033
4.5 km
WALKER MEDICAL GROUP
CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS
ODS code A86011
4.8 km
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
- 0.2 miles
Whitley Road-Quarry Bridge
BCT · Benton
- 0.2 miles
Whitley Road-Quarry Bridge
BCT · Benton
- 0.3 miles
DWP Tyneview Park Station Road
BCT · Benton
- 0.3 miles
DWP Tyneview Park Station Road
BCT · Benton
- 0.3 miles
Benton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)
PLT · Benton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 018C, 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
20,837 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
- 2
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 1
- 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
Schools
87 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 13 secondary schools. Percy Hedley Hedleys College is the nearest published school at 552 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,674 published events cover 12 months, averaging 139.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 528 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.