NE15 7QQ

Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn · Newcastle upon Tyne · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode district
NE15
Postcode sector
NE15 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE15 7TE 48 m
NE5 2AH 52 m
NE15 7SX 90 m
NE5 2UR 111 m
NE15 7TJ 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE15 7QQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE15
Postcode sector
NE15 7
Latitude
54.983601
Longitude
-1.689263
British National Grid easting
419,985
British National Grid northing
565,488

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
Parish or community
E43000270
Output area
E00042702
Lower layer super output area
Newcastle upon Tyne 025C · E01008416
Middle layer super output area
Newcastle upon Tyne 025 · E02001732

Postcode source versions

Explore NE15

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
731, West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 7QQ 27 June 2025 £270,000
735, West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 7QQ 24 October 2024 £231,000
711, West Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 7QQ 26 February 2024 £100,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
85
Primary
58
Secondary
10
  1. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle

    Academy converter

    496 m
  2. Broadwood Primary School

    Foundation school

    520 m
  3. Excelsior Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3,532
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,086
  • Anti social behaviour 477
  • Shoplifting 443
  • Criminal damage and arson 354
  • Public order 286

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
39

18 female, 21 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.6
NE15 7 residents
9,205

Age bands in NE15 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.9%

1,420 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

911 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.3%

2,086 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

2,577 residents

Age 65 and over
21.8%

1,951 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE15 7 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

23

within 5 km straight-line

  • DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY

    ODS code A86601

    187 m

  • DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    DENTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, WEST DENTON WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2QW

    ODS code A86013

    1.2 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

    2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ

    ODS code A86030

    1.4 km

  • WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP

    377-377A STAMFORDHAM ROAD, WESTERHOPE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2LH

    ODS code A86025

    1.6 km

  • FENHAM HALL SURGERY

    FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD

    ODS code A86031

    1.9 km

  • PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HILLHEAD PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 1LJ

    ODS code A86022

    2.2 km

  • WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB

    ODS code A86012

    2.3 km

  • HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP

    142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB

    ODS code A86021

    2.5 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE

    ODS code A85010

    2.6 km

  • PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE

    501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY

    ODS code A86004

    2.9 km

  • DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB

    ODS code Y00184

    3.2 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

    4 NEWBURN ROAD, NEWBURN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 8LX

    ODS code A86038

    3.5 km

  • ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE

    MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH

    ODS code A86037

    3.5 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

    8 FRONT STREET, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD

    ODS code A85616

    3.9 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

    10 FRONT STREET, WINLATON, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD

    ODS code A85018

    3.9 km

  • CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY

    178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT

    ODS code A86017

    4.1 km

  • WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

    RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD

    ODS code A85020

    4.3 km

  • PARK MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86008

    4.4 km

  • THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CT, TILLMOUTH PK RD,THROCKLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 9PA

    ODS code A86026

    4.6 km

  • GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES

    RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ

    ODS code A85006

    4.7 km

Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.

Nearby transport

  • West Road

    BCT · Denton Burn

    0.0 miles
  • Slatyford Lane

    BCT · Denton Burn

    0.1 miles
  • West Road-A1

    BCT · Denton Burn

    0.1 miles
  • Slatyford Lane

    BCT · Denton Burn

    0.1 miles
  • Denton Burn

    BCT · Denton Burn

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 025C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,642 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
4 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.

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
1
Low risk addresses
5
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 £231,000 from 3 recorded sales in NE15 7QQ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Newcastle upon Tyne is £208,589 in June 2026, up 6.7% year on year.

Schools

85 open schools are in scope, including 58 primary and 10 secondary schools. St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle is the nearest published school at 496 m.

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

Recorded crime

3,532 published events cover 12 months, averaging 294.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,086 events.

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