NE22 5UZ

Sleekburn · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington
Postcode district
NE22
Postcode sector
NE22 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE22 5NX 39 m
NE22 7JW 47 m
NE22 7JN 51 m
NE22 7JD 56 m
NE22 7JF 63 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE22 5UZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE22
Postcode sector
NE22 5
Latitude
55.140517
Longitude
-1.568667
British National Grid easting
427,595
British National Grid northing
582,991

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Sleekburn · E05016145
Parish or community
E04010773
Westminster constituency
Blyth and Ashington · E14001107
Output area
E00140223
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 020F · E01027551
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 020 · E02005740

Postcode source versions

Explore NE22

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
40
Primary
26
Secondary
5
  1. Bedlington Station Primary School

    Community school

    109 m
  2. Bedlington Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    422 m
  3. Stead Lane Primary School

    Community school

    864 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
820
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 324
  • Anti social behaviour 151
  • Criminal damage and arson 79
  • Public order 71
  • Other crime 44

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE22 5 residents
8,399

Age bands in NE22 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,361 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

890 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,977 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

2,483 residents

Age 65 and over
22.9%

1,989 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

6

within 5 km

  • THE GABLES MEDICAL GROUP

    THE GABLES HEALTH CENTRE, 26 ST. JOHNS ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 7DU

    ODS code A84013

    271 m

  • BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP

    GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX

    ODS code A84005

    2.1 km

  • GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP

    NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA

    ODS code A84020

    3.0 km

  • SEATON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    NORHAM ROAD, ASHINGTON, NE63 0NG

    ODS code A84028

    3.4 km

  • MARINE MEDICAL GROUP

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, THOROTON STREET, BLYTH, NE24 1DX

    ODS code A84014

    3.7 km

  • RAILWAY MEDICAL GROUP

    GATACRE STREET, BLYTH, NE24 1HD

    ODS code A84009

    3.7 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

  • Bedlington Rail Station

    RLY · Bedlington Station

    0.0 miles
  • Station Street

    BCT · Bedlington Station

    0.0 miles
  • Station Street

    BCT · Bedlington Station

    0.0 miles
  • Bedlington Railway Station

    RSE · Bedlington Station

    0.0 miles
  • Clayton Arms

    BCT · Bedlington Station

    0.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 020F, 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

3,595 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 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
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

40 open schools are in scope, including 26 primary and 5 secondary schools. Bedlington Station Primary School is the nearest published school at 109 m.

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

Recorded crime

820 published events cover 12 months, averaging 68.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 324 events.

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