Property market
The five-year median is £99,475 from 544 recorded sales in NE17. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Gateshead is £158,254 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.
NE17
UK postcode district
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 202
- Current units
- 169
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 5
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 33
Postcode sectors in NE17
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
2,964 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 9, Armonside Road, Blackhall Mill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17 7TX | 24 July 2026 | £108,400 |
| 35, Beech Grove, Blackhall Mill, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17 7TD | 26 June 2026 | £120,000 |
| 70, Oakwell Court, Hamsterley Colliery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE17 7BE | 19 June 2026 | £268,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 1
- Primary
- 1
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 441
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 136
- Anti social behaviour 99
- Criminal damage and arson 50
- Shoplifting 37
- Other theft 28
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- NE17 usual residents
- 4,563
- Age-profile population
- 4,596
Age bands in NE17
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 23%
719 residents
394 residents
1,148 residents
1,279 residents
1,056 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 166 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- 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%
145 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 18 had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, and 0 had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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
2
in this district
CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE
SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU
ODS code A85024
OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP
HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB
ODS code A83618
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.
Evidence in context
Schools
1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
441 published events cover 12 months, averaging 36.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 136 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.