Schools
108 open schools are in scope, including 64 primary and 15 secondary schools. Westfield School is the nearest published school at 336 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE3 4AR
Gosforth · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Gosforth
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Postcode district
- NE3
- Postcode sector
- NE3 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE3 4AR
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 April 2018
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE3
- Postcode sector
- NE3 4
- Latitude
- 54.999358
- Longitude
- -1.623660
- British National Grid easting
- 424,174
- British National Grid northing
- 567,262
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Gosforth · E05016357
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North · E14001379
- Output area
- E00042728
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 006G · E01008423
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 006 · E02001713
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 NE3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 108
- Primary
- 64
- Secondary
- 15
- 336 m
Westfield School
Other independent school
- 566 m
Newcastle School for Boys
Other independent school
- 878 m
Archibald First School
Foundation school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,126
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 517
- Shoplifting 335
- Anti social behaviour 285
- Vehicle crime 196
- Public order 174
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE3 4 residents
- 10,605
Age bands in NE3 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.3%
1,883 residents
1,004 residents
2,532 residents
2,891 residents
2,255 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
31
within 5 km straight-line
ROSEWORTH SURGERY
27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB
ODS code A86006
389 m
THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP
1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU
ODS code A86018
429 m
JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD
ODS code A86020
978 m
REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE
RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ
ODS code A86028
1.1 km
PARK MEDICAL GROUP
SHOPPING CENTRE, FAWDON PARK ROAD, FAWDON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2PE
ODS code A86008
2.1 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
2.7 km
DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB
ODS code Y00184
2.7 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
2.8 km
FENHAM HALL SURGERY
FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD
ODS code A86031
2.9 km
WEST FARM SURGERY
31 WEST FARM AVENUE, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 8LS
ODS code A86005
2.9 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
3.0 km
BRUNTON PARK
PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF
ODS code A86033
3.1 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE
501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY
ODS code A86004
3.2 km
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
3.2 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
3.2 km
WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB
ODS code A86012
3.3 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
3.5 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
3.5 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
3.5 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
3.7 km
Showing 20 of 31 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Great North Road-The Drive
BCT · Gosforth
- 0.2 miles
High Street-The Grove
BCT · Gosforth
- 0.2 miles
High Street-Graham Park Road
BCT · Gosforth
- 0.2 miles
Great North Road-Moorfield
BCT · Gosforth
- 0.3 miles
Kenton Road-Elmfield Road
BCT · Kenton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 006G, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,184 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,126 published events cover 12 months, averaging 177.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 517 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.