NE5 1YR

Chapel · Newcastle upon Tyne · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Chapel
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode district
NE5
Postcode sector
NE5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE5 1YQ 70 m
NE5 1YG 75 m
NE5 1YJ 102 m
NE5 1YN 104 m
NE5 1YW 108 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE5 1YR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE5
Postcode sector
NE5 1
Latitude
55.006584
Longitude
-1.717041
British National Grid easting
418,197
British National Grid northing
568,038

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
Output area
E00042865
Lower layer super output area
Newcastle upon Tyne 031G · E01008448
Middle layer super output area
Newcastle upon Tyne 031 · E02006893

Postcode source versions

Explore NE5

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
106, Magenta Crescent, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1YR 26 July 2022 £315,000
100, Magenta Crescent, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1YR 23 November 2017 £249,950
104, Magenta Crescent, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE5 1YR 29 September 2017 £285,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
52
Primary
37
Secondary
7
  1. Milecastle Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.0 km
  2. Westerhope Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km
  3. Knop Law Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
698
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 216
  • Anti social behaviour 129
  • Vehicle crime 57
  • Criminal damage and arson 52
  • Shoplifting 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

11 female, 7 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.3
NE5 1 residents
8,866

Age bands in NE5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.8%

1,137 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.4%

749 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

1,725 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,414 residents

Age 65 and over
32.3%

2,874 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% 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

10

within 5 km

  • PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP

    CHAPEL HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HILLHEAD PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 1LJ

    ODS code A86022

    1.1 km

  • DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    DENTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, WEST DENTON WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2QW

    ODS code A86013

    1.9 km

  • WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP

    377-377A STAMFORDHAM ROAD, WESTERHOPE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2LH

    ODS code A86025

    2.2 km

  • NEWBURN SURGERY

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

    ODS code A86038

    2.9 km

  • THROCKLEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

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

    ODS code A86026

    3.1 km

  • DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE

    10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY

    ODS code A86601

    3.2 km

  • FENHAM HALL SURGERY

    FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD

    ODS code A86031

    4.4 km

  • BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP

    2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ

    ODS code A86030

    4.5 km

  • PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    SHOPPING CENTRE, FAWDON PARK ROAD, FAWDON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2PE

    ODS code A86008

    4.7 km

  • CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP

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

    ODS code A85010

    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

  • North Walbottle Road-Marquis Avenue

    BCT · Chapel Park

    0.2 miles
  • North Walbottle Road-Greenway

    BCT · Chapel Park

    0.2 miles
  • Greenway-Jonquil Close

    BCT · Chapel Park

    0.2 miles
  • Greenway-Jonquil Close

    BCT · Chapel Park

    0.2 miles
  • Stamfordham Road-Whorlton Lane

    BCT · Westerhope

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 031G, 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

29,322 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £315,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE5 1YR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Newcastle upon Tyne is £208,589 in June 2026, up 6.7% year on year.

Schools

52 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 7 secondary schools. Milecastle Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

698 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 216 events.

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