NE21 6QX

Winlaton & High Spen · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE21
Postcode sector
NE21 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE21 6PR 90 m
NE21 6QJ 131 m
NE21 6HW 132 m
NE21 6HQ 134 m
NE21 6RA 137 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE21 6QX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE21
Postcode sector
NE21 6
Latitude
54.949538
Longitude
-1.732552
British National Grid easting
417,229
British National Grid northing
561,686

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
E00041996
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 005D · E01008276
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 005 · E02001686

Postcode source versions

Explore NE21

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
37
Secondary
4
  1. West Lane Primary School

    Community school

    191 m
  2. Parkhead Community Primary School

    Community school

    948 m
  3. St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
879
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 260
  • Anti social behaviour 159
  • Criminal damage and arson 102
  • Shoplifting 96
  • Vehicle crime 71

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

18 female, 16 male

Postcode households
27
Residents per household
1.3
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

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE21 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

10

within 5 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    850 m

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    850 m

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code A85010

    2.1 km

  • WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85020

    3.6 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    4.0 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86038

    4.1 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A86030

    4.5 km

  • SUNNISIDE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85617

    4.7 km

  • DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A86601

    4.8 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

  • West Lane-Brinkburn Crescent

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.0 miles
  • Snook Hill Estate

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.0 miles
  • Snook Hill Estate

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.0 miles
  • Winlaton West Lane Community Primary School

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.1 miles
  • Scotland Head-Stephenson Way

    BCT · Winlaton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 005D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

12,174 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
1
Medium risk addresses
1
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

43 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 4 secondary schools. West Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 191 m.

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

Recorded crime

879 published events cover 12 months, averaging 73.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 260 events.

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