NE40 4LY

Crawcrook & Greenside · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Ryton
Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE40
Postcode sector
NE40 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE40 4DA 30 m
NE40 4UQ 57 m
NE40 4TL 61 m
NE40 4LZ 68 m
NE40 4TW 79 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE40 4LY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE40
Postcode sector
NE40 4
Latitude
54.968466
Longitude
-1.783692
British National Grid easting
413,947
British National Grid northing
563,781

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
E00041565
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 002C · E01008198
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 002 · E02001683

Postcode source versions

Explore NE40

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Beech Cottage, Beech Grove, Ryton, NE40 4LY 22 February 2021 £315,000
The Beeches, Beech Grove, Ryton, NE40 4LY 16 February 2018 £274,000
The Beeches, Beech Grove, Ryton, NE40 4LY 23 June 2017 £155,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Emmaville Primary School

    Community school

    240 m
  2. St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook

    Academy converter

    511 m
  3. Ryton Junior School

    Community school

    595 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
675
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 176
  • Shoplifting 132
  • Anti social behaviour 125
  • Criminal damage and arson 69
  • Other theft 41

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

6 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
3.5
NE40 4 residents
8,054

Age bands in NE40 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

1,188 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

696 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,935 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

2,244 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

1,811 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE40 4 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

9

within 5 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    392 m

  • THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

    THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CT, TILLMOUTH PK RD,THROCKLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 9PA

    ODS code A86026

    3.1 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

    4 NEWBURN ROAD, NEWBURN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 8LX

    ODS code A86038

    3.2 km

  • THE ADDERLANE SURGERY

    ADDERLANE ROAD, WEST WYLAM, PRUDHOE, NE42 5HR

    ODS code A84614

    4.0 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

    OAKLANDS HEALTH CENTRE, FRONT STREET, PRUDHOE, NE42 5DQ

    ODS code A84035

    4.0 km

  • HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85616

    4.1 km

  • OLDWELL SURGERY

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

    ODS code A85018

    4.1 km

  • PRUDHOE MEDICAL GROUP

    KEPWELL BANK TOP, PRUDHOE, NE42 5PW

    ODS code A84016

    4.5 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

    SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE

    ODS code A85010

    4.6 km

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

  • Main Street-Meadow Lane

    BCT · Crawcrook

    0.0 miles
  • Main Street-Emmaville

    BCT · Crawcrook

    0.1 miles
  • Main Street - Kepier Chare

    BCT · Crawcrook

    0.2 miles
  • Main Street - Kepier Chare

    BCT · Crawcrook

    0.2 miles
  • Garden House Estate

    BCT · Crawcrook

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 002C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,955 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
7 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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Emmaville Primary School is the nearest published school at 240 m.

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

Recorded crime

675 published events cover 12 months, averaging 56.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 176 events.

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