NE42 5NR

Crawcrook & Greenside · Gateshead · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Postcode district
NE42
Postcode sector
NE42 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE42 5NW 335 m
NE42 5NP 560 m
NE40 4JS 936 m
NE40 4JN 997 m
NE42 5NL 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE42 5NR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE42
Postcode sector
NE42 5
Latitude
54.944155
Longitude
-1.819850
British National Grid easting
411,639
British National Grid northing
561,069

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
E00041476
Lower layer super output area
Gateshead 029B · E01008183
Middle layer super output area
Gateshead 029 · E02007094

Postcode source versions

Explore NE42

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
16
Secondary
4
  1. Greenside Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  2. Prudhoe Community High School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Adderlane Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
75
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 42
  • Anti social behaviour 16
  • Criminal damage and arson 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

2 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
4.0
NE42 5 residents
6,829

Age bands in NE42 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,142 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

720 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.8%

1,496 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

1,885 residents

Age 65 and over
20.1%

1,323 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE42 5 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
50%
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

6

within 5 km

  • RIVERSDALE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84035

    2.5 km

  • THE ADDERLANE SURGERY

    ADDERLANE ROAD, WEST WYLAM, PRUDHOE, NE42 5HR

    ODS code A84614

    2.6 km

  • CHOPWELL PRIMARY HEALTHCARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code A85024

    2.7 km

  • PRUDHOE MEDICAL GROUP

    KEPWELL BANK TOP, PRUDHOE, NE42 5PW

    ODS code A84016

    2.9 km

  • CRAWCROOK MEDICAL CENTRE

    PATTINSON DRIVE, CRAWCROOK, RYTON, NE40 4US

    ODS code A85014

    3.2 km

  • OAKFIELDS HEALTH GROUP

    HAMSTERLEY COLLIERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE17 7SB

    ODS code A83618

    4.5 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

  • Coalburns

    BCT · Greenside

    0.8 miles
  • Coalburns

    BCT · Greenside

    0.8 miles
  • The Four Seasons

    BCT · Leadgate Cottages

    1.0 miles
  • Hexham Road-Stanleyburn

    BCT · Crawcrook

    1.0 miles
  • Hexham Road-Stanleyburn

    BCT · Crawcrook

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 029B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,923 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

20 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. Greenside Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

75 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 42 events.

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