Schools
28 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Morpeth Road Academy is the nearest published school at 304 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE24 5HU
Cowpen · Northumberland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Blyth
- Ward
- Cowpen
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Postcode district
- NE24
- Postcode sector
- NE24 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE24 5HU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 2009
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE24
- Postcode sector
- NE24 5
- Latitude
- 55.130362
- Longitude
- -1.536657
- British National Grid easting
- 429,643
- British National Grid northing
- 581,874
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Northumberland · E06000057
- Electoral ward
- Cowpen · E05016101
- Parish or community
- E04012896
- Westminster constituency
- Blyth and Ashington · E14001107
- Output area
- E00190026
- Lower layer super output area
- Northumberland 022A · E01027392
- Middle layer super output area
- Northumberland 022 · E02005709
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 NE24
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cowpen House, Cowpen Road, Blyth, NE24 5HU | 11 February 2000 | £70,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 28
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 3
- 304 m
Morpeth Road Academy
Academy converter
- 834 m
Malvin's Close Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 928 m
The Dales School
Community special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,477
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 850
- Shoplifting 381
- Anti social behaviour 338
- Criminal damage and arson 230
- Public order 156
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE24 5 residents
- 9,274
Age bands in NE24 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,766 residents
1,123 residents
2,204 residents
2,344 residents
1,700 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
5
within 5 km straight-line
MARINE MEDICAL GROUP
THE HEALTH CENTRE, THOROTON STREET, BLYTH, NE24 1DX
ODS code A84014
1.4 km
RAILWAY MEDICAL GROUP
GATACRE STREET, BLYTH, NE24 1HD
ODS code A84009
1.4 km
THE GABLES MEDICAL GROUP
THE GABLES HEALTH CENTRE, 26 ST. JOHNS ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 7DU
ODS code A84013
2.1 km
BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP
GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX
ODS code A84005
4.0 km
SEATON PARK MEDICAL GROUP
NORHAM ROAD, ASHINGTON, NE63 0NG
ODS code A84028
4.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Aldi
BCT · Cowpen
- 0.1 miles
Community Centre
BCT · Cowpen
- 0.1 miles
Community Centre
BCT · Cowpen
- 0.2 miles
Crematorium
BCT · Cowpen
- 0.2 miles
Shops
BCT · Cowpen
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 022A, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,855 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
Recorded crime
2,477 published events cover 12 months, averaging 206.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 850 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.