NE39 2BN

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
NE39
Postcode sector
NE39 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE39 2BL 44 m
NE39 2AJ 51 m
NE39 2AF 66 m
NE39 2AH 104 m
NE39 2AE 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE39 2BN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 January 1995
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE39
Postcode sector
NE39 2
Latitude
54.925499
Longitude
-1.781534
British National Grid easting
414,100
British National Grid northing
559,000

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
E00041561
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 029A · E01008196
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 029 · E02007094

Postcode source versions

Explore NE39

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
13
Primary
13
Secondary
0
  1. High Spen Primary School

    Community school

    512 m
  2. Highfield Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.5 km
  3. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Highfield

    Voluntary aided school

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
212
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 75
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Public order 17
  • Other crime 15
  • Criminal damage and arson 14

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE39 2 residents
4,799

Age bands in NE39 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

743 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.9%

443 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

1,003 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,253 residents

Age 65 and over
22.7%

1,012 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 straight-line

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

    SOUTH ROAD, CHOPWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7BU

    ODS code A85024

    2.1 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    3.3 km

  • CEDARS MEDICAL GROUP

    CEDAR CRESCENT, BURNOPFIELD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 6HU

    ODS code A83038

    3.4 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    4.5 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    5.0 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Hookergate Lane-Burnop Terrace

    BCT · Hooker Gate

    0.0 miles
  • Hookergate Lane-Chopwell Woods Road

    BCT · Hooker Gate

    0.1 miles
  • Hookergate Lane-School Lane

    BCT · Hooker Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Hookergate Lane-Ethel Terrace

    BCT · Hooker Gate

    0.2 miles
  • Hookergate Lane-Wood Terrace

    BCT · Hooker Gate

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 029A, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,895 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 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

Schools

13 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 0 secondary schools. High Spen Primary School is the nearest published school at 512 m.

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

Recorded crime

212 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 75 events.

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