NE15 8NR

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE15
Postcode sector
NE15 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE40 3PD 306 m
NE15 8NL 431 m
NE15 8LR 473 m
NE15 8LS 503 m
NE40 3DB 504 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE15 8NR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE15
Postcode sector
NE15 8
Latitude
54.978433
Longitude
-1.746783
British National Grid easting
416,306
British National Grid northing
564,898

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Gateshead · E08000037
Parish or community
E43000229
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00041828
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 001D · E01008249
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 001 · E02001682

Postcode source versions

Explore NE15

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
46
Primary
35
Secondary
6
  1. Crookhill Community Primary School

    Community school

    900 m
  2. Newburn Manor Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    931 m
  3. Newburn Manor Primary School

    Academy converter

    943 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,062
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 289
  • Anti social behaviour 241
  • Shoplifting 124
  • Criminal damage and arson 111
  • Public order 61

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE15 8 residents
7,961

Age bands in NE15 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

1,549 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.8%

977 residents

Age 25 to 44
27.1%

2,455 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,459 residents

Age 65 and over
17.7%

1,605 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.

Fixed broadband coverage

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

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
30%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

11

within 5 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86038

    829 m

  • THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code A86026

    1.8 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code A85010

    2.7 km

  • PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86022

    2.9 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    3.0 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    3.0 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    3.0 km

  • DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86013

    3.5 km

  • DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A86601

    3.9 km

  • WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86025

    4.4 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86030

    4.6 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

  • Station Road-Bridge

    BCT · Newburn

    0.3 miles
  • Station Road-Bridge

    BCT · Newburn

    0.3 miles
  • High Street - Church Bank

    BCT · Newburn

    0.3 miles
  • High Street - Church Bank

    BCT · Newburn

    0.3 miles
  • Stella Road-High Hedgefield

    BCT · Crookhill

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 001D, 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

22,885 of 33,755

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

Schools

46 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 6 secondary schools. Crookhill Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 900 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,062 published events cover 12 months, averaging 88.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 289 events.

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