Property market
The five-year median is £201,000 from 348 recorded sales in NE48. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Northumberland is £213,452 in June 2026, up 12.6% year on year.
NE48
UK postcode district
Part of Hexham
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 499
- Current units
- 434
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 4
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 1
- Terminated postcode units
- 65
Postcode sectors in NE48
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
1,981 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 7, Hawthorn Terrace, Bellingham, Hexham, NE48 2BN | 24 July 2026 | £195,000 |
| High Carriteth, Bellingham, Hexham, NE48 2LD | 16 July 2026 | £850,000 |
| The Old Chapel, West Woodburn, Hexham, NE48 2RA | 10 July 2026 | £290,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 6
- Primary
- 5
- Secondary
- 1
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 190
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 64
- Anti social behaviour 24
- Burglary 20
- Public order 18
- Other theft 17
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- NE48 usual residents
- 4,132
- Age-profile population
- 4,026
Age bands in NE48
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- 527 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 7.1%
- 287 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 17.3%
- 697 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 33.2%
- 1,338 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 29.2%
- 1,177 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 428 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 40%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 40%
- Gigabit-capable
- 40%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 273 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 165 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 50 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
1
in this district
BELLINGHAM PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, BELLINGHAM, HEXHAM, NE48 2HE
ODS code A84027
Evidence in context
Schools
6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
190 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 64 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.