Schools
127 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 15 secondary schools. Welbeck Academy is the nearest published school at 565 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE6 4AE
Byker · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Ward
- Byker
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Postcode district
- NE6
- Postcode sector
- NE6 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE6 4AE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE6
- Postcode sector
- NE6 4
- Latitude
- 54.976464
- Longitude
- -1.560161
- British National Grid easting
- 428,252
- British National Grid northing
- 564,738
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Byker · E05016350
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend · E14001378
- Output area
- E00042567
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 035C · E01008391
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 035 · E02007098
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 NE6
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 135, Roman Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4AE | 11 December 2014 | £64,000 |
| 119, Roman Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4AE | 17 October 2008 | £71,600 |
| 113, Roman Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4AE | 9 November 2007 | £90,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 127
- Primary
- 78
- Secondary
- 15
- 565 m
Welbeck Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 624 m
Monkchester Road Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 804 m
Walkergate Community School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,427
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,633
- Anti social behaviour 734
- Shoplifting 702
- Criminal damage and arson 646
- Public order 419
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 37
- Postcode households
- 14
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- NE6 4 residents
- 12,240
21 female, 16 male
Age bands in NE6 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.4%
2,078 residents
1,327 residents
3,182 residents
3,413 residents
2,408 residents
This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE6 4 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
38
within 5 km
WALKER MEDICAL GROUP
CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS
ODS code A86011
1.1 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
1.1 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
1.3 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
1.4 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
1.5 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
1.8 km
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
2.3 km
ELLISON VIEW SURGERY
THE GLEN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88012
2.5 km
THE GLEN MEDICAL GROUP
30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88022
2.5 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE
12-28 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88001
2.5 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
2.7 km
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
3.0 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
3.2 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
3.2 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
3.2 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
3.2 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
3.2 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
3.5 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
3.5 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
3.5 km
Showing 20 of 38 matching practices.
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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Welbeck Road-Finsbury Avenue
BCT · Walker
- 0.2 miles
Welbeck Road-St Anthonys Road
BCT · Walker
- 0.2 miles
Welbeck Road-Cleadon Street
BCT · Walker
- 0.2 miles
Scrogg Road-Finsbury Avenue
BCT · Walker
- 0.2 miles
Scrogg Road-Alston Avenue
BCT · Walker
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 035C, 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
965 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
- 7 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
- 1
- Medium risk addresses
- 3
- Low risk addresses
- 5
- 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
5,427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 452.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,633 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.