Schools
103 open schools are in scope, including 63 primary and 8 secondary schools. West Newcastle Academy is the nearest published school at 322 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE4 8JS
Elswick · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Elswick
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Postcode district
- NE4
- Postcode sector
- NE4 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE4 8JS
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE4
- Postcode sector
- NE4 8
- Latitude
- 54.965913
- Longitude
- -1.661205
- British National Grid easting
- 421,790
- British National Grid northing
- 563,528
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Elswick · E05016355
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West · E14001377
- Output area
- E00042047
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 027D · E01008291
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 027 · E02001734
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 NE4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 103
- Primary
- 63
- Secondary
- 8
- 322 m
West Newcastle Academy
Free schools
- 400 m
St Johns Primary School
Foundation school
- 406 m
Atkinson Road Primary Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,005
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,264
- Shoplifting 603
- Anti social behaviour 478
- Public order 332
- Criminal damage and arson 301
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 61
- Postcode households
- 25
- Residents per household
- 2.4
- NE4 8 residents
- 9,494
38 female, 23 male
Age bands in NE4 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 30.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 30.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 18.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 6.2%
2,762 residents
1,316 residents
2,792 residents
1,653 residents
563 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE4 8 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+
- 84.6%
- 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
30
within 5 km
HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB
ODS code A86021
350 m
WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB
ODS code A86012
1.2 km
BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP
2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ
ODS code A86030
1.2 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE
501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY
ODS code A86004
1.3 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
1.4 km
DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB
ODS code Y00184
1.8 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
2.0 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
2.0 km
FENHAM HALL SURGERY
FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD
ODS code A86031
2.1 km
WHICKHAM COTTAGE MEDICAL CENTRE
RECTORY LANE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 4PD
ODS code A85020
2.5 km
DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE
10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY
ODS code A86601
2.6 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
3.1 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
3.2 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
3.2 km
CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE
ODS code A85010
3.3 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
3.5 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
3.7 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
3.7 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
3.7 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 30 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
- 0.1 miles
Scotswood Road-Whitehouse Road
BCT · Scotswood
- 0.1 miles
Buddle Road-Violet Close
BCT · Benwell
- 0.1 miles
Buddle Road-Violet Close
BCT · Benwell
- 0.2 miles
Buddle Road-Merton Court
BCT · Benwell
- 0.2 miles
Scotswood Road-Amelia Walk
BCT · Scotswood
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 027D, 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
53 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
- 2
- 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
4,005 published events cover 12 months, averaging 333.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,264 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.