Schools
103 open schools are in scope, including 68 primary and 14 secondary schools. Carville Academy is the nearest published school at 375 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE28 6RG
Wallsend Central · North Tyneside · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Wallsend
- Ward
- Wallsend Central
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Postcode district
- NE28
- Postcode sector
- NE28 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE28 6RG
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE28
- Postcode sector
- NE28 6
- Latitude
- 54.989819
- Longitude
- -1.534134
- British National Grid easting
- 429,908
- British National Grid northing
- 566,235
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- North Tyneside · E08000022
- Electoral ward
- Wallsend Central · E05015881
- Parish or community
- E43000176
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend · E14001378
- Output area
- E00043532
- Lower layer super output area
- North Tyneside 030E · E01008575
- Middle layer super output area
- North Tyneside 030 · E02001767
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 NE28
Property
2 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Atkinson Street, Wallsend, NE28 6RG | 7 May 2015 | £47,000 |
| 12, Atkinson Street, Wallsend, NE28 6RG | 6 November 2006 | £62,500 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 103
- Primary
- 68
- Secondary
- 14
- 375 m
Carville Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 626 m
Western Community Primary School
Foundation school
- 696 m
Richardson Dees Primary School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,571
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 928
- Anti social behaviour 351
- Criminal damage and arson 290
- Public order 190
- Other theft 156
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 2
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- NE28 6 residents
- 5,409
1 female, 1 male
Age bands in NE28 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 32.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.5%
917 residents
635 residents
1,821 residents
1,411 residents
749 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE28 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
23
within 5 km
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
292 m
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
787 m
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
1.8 km
ELLISON VIEW SURGERY
THE GLEN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88012
1.9 km
THE GLEN MEDICAL GROUP
30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88022
1.9 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE
12-28 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88001
1.9 km
WALKER MEDICAL GROUP
CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS
ODS code A86011
2.1 km
BEWICKE MEDICAL CENTRE
51 TYNEMOUTH ROAD, HOWDEN, WALLSEND, NE28 0AD
ODS code A87013
2.3 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
2.7 km
MAYFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
PARK ROAD, JARROW, NE32 5SE
ODS code A88004
2.8 km
EAST WING PRACTICE
EAST WING SURGERY, PALMER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WEAR STREET, JARROW, NE32 3UX
ODS code A88613
2.9 km
THE G.P.SUITE
PALMER COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, WEAR STREET, JARROW, NE32 3UX
ODS code A88025
2.9 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
3.0 km
ALBERT ROAD SURGERY
118 ALBERT ROAD, JARROW, NE32 5AG
ODS code A88010
3.0 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
3.2 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
3.4 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
3.4 km
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
3.5 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
3.9 km
REDBURN PARK MEDICAL CENTRE
15 STATION ROAD, PERCY MAIN, NORTH SHIELDS, NE29 6HT
ODS code A87030
4.0 km
Showing 20 of 23 matching practices.
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
- 0.0 miles
Wallsend Metro Interchange
BCS · Wallsend
- 0.1 miles
Interchange
BCS · Wallsend
- 0.1 miles
Interchange
BCS · Wallsend
- 0.1 miles
Wallsend (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)
PLT · Wallsend
- 0.1 miles
Wallsend (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)
PLT · Wallsend
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Tyneside 030E, 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
1,416 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 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
- 2 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
Recorded crime
2,571 published events cover 12 months, averaging 214.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 928 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.