Schools
92 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 12 secondary schools. Hilton Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 263 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE5 3NZ
Blakelaw & Cowgate · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Blakelaw & Cowgate
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Postcode district
- NE5
- Postcode sector
- NE5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE5 3NZ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1986
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE5
- Postcode sector
- NE5 3
- Latitude
- 54.996248
- Longitude
- -1.673301
- British National Grid easting
- 421,000
- British National Grid northing
- 566,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Blakelaw & Cowgate · E05016349
- Parish or community
- E04000138
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West · E14001377
- Output area
- E00175592
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 011B · E01008297
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 011 · E02001718
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 92
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 12
- 263 m
Hilton Primary Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 494 m
Thomas Walling Primary Academy
Academy converter
- 867 m
Farne Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,226
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,327
- Anti social behaviour 646
- Shoplifting 424
- Criminal damage and arson 410
- Vehicle crime 350
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE5 3 residents
- 10,946
Age bands in NE5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 22.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 13.4%
2,493 residents
1,288 residents
3,181 residents
2,641 residents
1,487 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.
GP practices
22
within 5 km straight-line
WESTERHOPE MEDICAL GROUP
377-377A STAMFORDHAM ROAD, WESTERHOPE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2LH
ODS code A86025
882 m
FENHAM HALL SURGERY
FENHAM HALL DRIVE, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9XD
ODS code A86031
1.6 km
DENTON TURRET MEDICAL CENTRE
10 KENLEY ROAD, SLATYFORD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2UY
ODS code A86601
1.6 km
DENTON PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DENTON PARK HEALTH CENTRE, WEST DENTON WAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 2QW
ODS code A86013
1.7 km
WEST ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
170 WEST ROAD, FENHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 9QB
ODS code A86012
2.5 km
BETTS AVENUE MEDICAL GROUP
2 BETTS AVENUE, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE15 6TQ
ODS code A86030
2.6 km
PARK MEDICAL GROUP
SHOPPING CENTRE, FAWDON PARK ROAD, FAWDON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2PE
ODS code A86008
2.7 km
PARKWAY MEDICAL GROUP
CHAPEL HOUSE PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, HILLHEAD PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE5 1LJ
ODS code A86022
2.7 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE
501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY
ODS code A86004
3.0 km
DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB
ODS code Y00184
3.0 km
HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB
ODS code A86021
3.2 km
REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE
RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ
ODS code A86028
3.5 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP
1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU
ODS code A86018
3.5 km
ROSEWORTH SURGERY
27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB
ODS code A86006
3.5 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
3.7 km
JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD
ODS code A86020
4.1 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
4.1 km
CHAINBRIDGE MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
SHIBDON ROAD, BLAYDON-ON-TYNE, NE21 5AE
ODS code A85010
4.4 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
4.4 km
BRUNTON PARK
PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF
ODS code A86033
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Cragstone Avenue
BCT · Blakelaw
- 0.1 miles
Cragstone Avenue
BCT · Blakelaw
- 0.1 miles
Blakelaw Road-Sunnyway
BCT · Blakelaw
- 0.2 miles
Binswood Avenue-Bonnington Way
BCT · Blakelaw
- 0.2 miles
Binswood Avenue-Moulton Place
BCT · Blakelaw
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 011B, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,327 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,226 published events cover 12 months, averaging 352.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,327 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.