NE48 3AB

Humshaugh · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE48
Postcode sector
NE48 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE48 3AA 199 m
NE48 3PN 220 m
NE48 3AD 226 m
NE48 3PL 644 m
NE48 3HA 817 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE48 3AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE48
Postcode sector
NE48 3
Latitude
55.074842
Longitude
-2.205644
British National Grid easting
386,968
British National Grid northing
575,617

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Humshaugh · E05016120
Parish or community
E04010862
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00140020
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 019D · E01027511
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 019 · E02005727

Postcode source versions

Explore NE48

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Wark Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
4

3 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
2.0
NE48 3 residents
1,167

Age bands in NE48 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.3%

133 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.6%

71 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

200 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

347 residents

Age 65 and over
30.4%

328 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE48 3 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.

Nearby transport

  • New Houses

    BCT · Park End

    0.0 miles
  • New Houses

    BCT · Park End

    0.0 miles
  • Townhead

    BCT · Nunwick

    1.0 miles
  • Hexham Road

    BCT · Wark

    1.1 miles
  • Townhead

    BCT · Nunwick

    1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 019D, 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

11,857 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Wark Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

2 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 2 events.

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