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NE21 6LE

Winlaton & High Spen · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Winlaton & High Spen
Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE21
Postcode sector
NE21 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE21 6LB 282 m
NE21 6LD 518 m
NE21 6QZ 548 m
NE21 6RA 567 m
NE21 6QN 577 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE21 6LE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE21
Postcode sector
NE21 6
Latitude
54.943507
Longitude
-1.731655
British National Grid easting
417,289
British National Grid northing
561,015

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Gateshead · E08000037
Electoral ward
Winlaton & High Spen · E05016566
Parish or community
E43000229
Westminster constituency
Blaydon and Consett · E14001106
Output area
E00041981
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 022D · E01008278
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 022 · E02001703

Postcode source versions

Explore NE21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
36
Primary
31
Secondary
3

  1. West Lane Primary School

    Community school

    854 m

  2. Parkhead Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.2 km

  3. Rowlands Gill Community Primary School

    Community school

    2.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
613
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 161
  • Anti social behaviour 118
  • Shoplifting 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Public order 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE21 6 residents
6,304

Age bands in NE21 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.5%

903 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.9%

556 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,355 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,756 residents

Age 65 and over
26.6%

1,656 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.

GP practices

9

within 5 km straight-line

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    1.4 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    1.4 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code A85010

    2.6 km

  • WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85020

    3.5 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A83038

    4.3 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

    8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP

    ODS code A85617

    4.3 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    4.3 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86038

    4.8 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86030

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Scotland Head-Birchgate

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.2 miles

  • Scotland Head-Snook Hill Cottages

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.3 miles

  • Snook Hill Estate

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.4 miles

  • Scotland Head-Stephenson Way

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.4 miles

  • Snook Hill Estate

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 022D, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,883 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

36 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 3 secondary schools. West Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 854 m.

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

Recorded crime

613 published events cover 12 months, averaging 51.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 161 events.

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