Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 8 secondary schools. Knop Law Primary School is the nearest published school at 162 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE5 1EA
Chapel · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Ward
- Chapel
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Postcode district
- NE5
- Postcode sector
- NE5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE5 1EA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE5
- Postcode sector
- NE5 1
- Latitude
- 54.994734
- Longitude
- -1.718266
- British National Grid easting
- 418,124
- British National Grid northing
- 566,719
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Chapel · E05016352
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West · E14001377
- Output area
- E00042249
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 015E · E01008328
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 015 · E02001722
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 NE5
Property
11 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 58, Arnside Walk, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1EA | 6 August 2020 | £175,000 |
| 62, Arnside Walk, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1EA | 4 May 2018 | £169,000 |
| 62, Arnside Walk, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1EA | 9 July 2013 | £124,995 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 44
- Secondary
- 8
- 162 m
Knop Law Primary School
Academy converter
- 315 m
Milecastle Primary School
Academy converter
- 625 m
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West Denton
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,881
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 557
- Shoplifting 334
- Anti social behaviour 261
- Criminal damage and arson 169
- Vehicle crime 117
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 12
- Postcode households
- 6
- Residents per household
- 2.0
- NE5 1 residents
- 8,866
6 female, 6 male
Age bands in NE5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.4%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- Age 65 and over
- 32.3%
1,137 residents
749 residents
1,725 residents
2,414 residents
2,874 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE5 1 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
13
within 5 km
PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HILLHEAD PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 1LJ
ODS code A86022
309 m
DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DENTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, WEST DENTON WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2QW
ODS code A86013
1.3 km
NEWBURN SURGERY
4 NEWBURN ROAD, NEWBURN, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 8LX
ODS code A86038
1.9 km
WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP
377-377A STAMFORDHAM ROAD, WESTERHOPE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2LH
ODS code A86025
2.0 km
DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE
10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY
ODS code A86601
2.4 km
THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CT, TILLMOUTH PK RD,THROCKLEY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 9PA
ODS code A86026
2.6 km
CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE
ODS code A85010
3.4 km
BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP
2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ
ODS code A86030
3.6 km
FENHAM HALL SURGERY
FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD
ODS code A86031
3.9 km
HOLLYHURST MEDICAL CENTRE
8 FRONT STREET, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD
ODS code A85616
4.4 km
OLDWELL SURGERY
10 FRONT STREET, WINLATON, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 4RD
ODS code A85018
4.4 km
WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB
ODS code A86012
4.5 km
HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB
ODS code A86021
4.7 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
- 0.0 miles
Chapel House Annex
BCT · Chapel House
- 0.1 miles
Hillhead Parkway
BCT · Chapel House
- 0.1 miles
Hillhead Parkway-Elston Close
BCT · Chapel House
- 0.2 miles
Hillhead Parkway-Ainsdale Gardens
BCT · Chapel House
- 0.2 miles
Knoplaw First School
BCT · Chapel House
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 015E, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
29,934 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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
- 1
- 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
1,881 published events cover 12 months, averaging 156.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 557 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.