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NE17 7EP

Chopwell & Rowlands Gill · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill
Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE17
Postcode sector
NE17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE17 7ET 61 m
NE17 7ER 107 m
NE17 7EX 111 m
NE17 7EW 157 m
NE17 7EQ 185 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE17 7EP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE17
Postcode sector
NE17 7
Latitude
54.913910
Longitude
-1.816163
British National Grid easting
411,884
British National Grid northing
557,704

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Gateshead · E08000037
Electoral ward
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill · E05016549
Parish or community
E43000229
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00041480
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 029D · E01035624
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 029 · E02007094

Postcode source versions

Explore NE17

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
0

  1. Chopwell Primary School

    Community school

    441 m

  2. High Spen Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km

  3. Ebchester CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
418
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 132
  • Anti social behaviour 91
  • Criminal damage and arson 46
  • Shoplifting 37
  • Other theft 27

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

12 female, 13 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
1.1
NE17 7 residents
4,563

Age bands in NE17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

719 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.6%

394 residents

Age 25 to 44
25%

1,148 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,279 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

1,056 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE17 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+
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

3

within 5 km

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU

    ODS code A85024

    677 m

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    1.1 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    4.9 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

  • Mill Road

    BCT · Chopwell

    0.0 miles

  • Mill Road-Moorland View

    BCT · Chopwell

    0.0 miles

  • Mill Road-Chopwell Farm

    BCT · Chopwell

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Road-Chopwell Farm

    BCT · Chopwell

    0.1 miles

  • Mill Road-Pear Tree Terrace

    BCT · Blackhall Mill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 029D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,478 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
3 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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chopwell Primary School is the nearest published school at 441 m.

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

Recorded crime

418 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 132 events.

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