Schools
80 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 9 secondary schools. Excelsior Academy is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE21 5SZ
Blaydon · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Blaydon-On-Tyne
- Ward
- Blaydon
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Postcode district
- NE21
- Postcode sector
- NE21 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE21 5SZ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE21
- Postcode sector
- NE21 5
- Latitude
- 54.965183
- Longitude
- -1.694308
- British National Grid easting
- 419,671
- British National Grid northing
- 563,437
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Blaydon · E05016547
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
- Output area
- E00041460
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 005C · E01008181
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 005 · E02001686
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 NE21
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Interserve Industrial Services, Chainbridge Road, Blaydon-On-Tyne, NE21 5SZ | 1 March 2019 | £605,000 |
| Chainbridge North, Unit 13, Chainbridge Road, Blaydon-On-Tyne, NE21 5SZ | 17 February 2015 | £360,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 80
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 9
- 1.1 km
Excelsior Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.2 km
St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells Close
Academy converter
- 1.3 km
Blaydon West Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,630
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 434
- Shoplifting 278
- Anti social behaviour 278
- Criminal damage and arson 132
- Public order 119
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE21 5 residents
- 4,981
Age bands in NE21 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.4%
956 residents
542 residents
1,462 residents
1,369 residents
915 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+
- 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE
ODS code A85010
1.2 km
BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP
2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ
ODS code A86030
1.5 km
DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE
10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY
ODS code A86601
2.1 km
HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
8 FRONT STREET, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD
ODS code A85616
2.2 km
OLDWELL SURGERY
10 FRONT STREET, WINLATON, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD
ODS code A85018
2.2 km
HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB
ODS code A86021
2.2 km
WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD
ODS code A85020
2.5 km
WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB
ODS code A86012
2.7 km
FENHAM HALL SURGERY
FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD
ODS code A86031
3.1 km
DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DENTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, WEST DENTON WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2QW
ODS code A86013
3.1 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE
501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY
ODS code A86004
3.2 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
3.5 km
WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP
377-377A STAMFORDHAM ROAD, WESTERHOPE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2LH
ODS code A86025
3.7 km
DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB
ODS code Y00184
3.7 km
PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HILLHEAD PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 1LJ
ODS code A86022
3.8 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
3.8 km
NEWBURN SURGERY
4 NEWBURN ROAD, NEWBURN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 8LX
ODS code A86038
3.9 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
4.1 km
SUNNISIDE SURGERY
8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP
ODS code A85617
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Chainbridge Road-Business Park
BCT · Blaydon
- 0.1 miles
Chainbridge Road-Scotswood Bridge
BCT · Blaydon
- 0.2 miles
Derwenthaugh Road-Bridge
BCT · Blaydon
- 0.2 miles
Chainbridge Road Industrial Estate
BCT · Blaydon
- 0.3 miles
Derwenthaugh Road-Marina
BCT · Blaydon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 005C, 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
21,429 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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
- 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
Recorded crime
1,630 published events cover 12 months, averaging 135.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 434 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.