Schools
102 open schools are in scope, including 67 primary and 14 secondary schools. Carville Academy is the nearest published school at 533 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE6 4LX
Walkergate · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Walkergate
- 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 4LX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE6
- Postcode sector
- NE6 4
- Latitude
- 54.982329
- Longitude
- -1.537471
- British National Grid easting
- 429,700
- British National Grid northing
- 565,400
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Walkergate · E05016370
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend · E14001378
- Output area
- E00042793
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 020F · E01008436
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 020 · E02001727
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
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 102
- Primary
- 67
- Secondary
- 14
- 533 m
Carville Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 545 m
Walker Riverside Academy
Academy converter
- 773 m
Sir Charles Parsons School
Foundation special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,365
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,188
- Anti social behaviour 430
- Criminal damage and arson 408
- Shoplifting 278
- Public order 261
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE6 4 residents
- 12,240
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
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
29
within 5 km straight-line
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
1.1 km
WALKER MEDICAL GROUP
CHURCH WALK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 3BS
ODS code A86011
1.2 km
ELLISON VIEW SURGERY
THE GLEN PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88012
1.4 km
THE GLEN MEDICAL GROUP
30 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88022
1.4 km
VICTORIA MEDICAL CENTRE
12-28 GLEN STREET, HEBBURN, NE31 1NU
ODS code A88001
1.4 km
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
1.6 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
1.7 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
2.2 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
2.6 km
MAYFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
PARK ROAD, JARROW, NE32 5SE
ODS code A88004
2.7 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
2.8 km
BEWICKE MEDICAL CENTRE
51 TYNEMOUTH ROAD, HOWDEN, WALLSEND, NE28 0AD
ODS code A87013
2.9 km
EAST WING PRACTICE
EAST WING SURGERY, PALMER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, WEAR STREET, JARROW, NE32 3UX
ODS code A88613
2.9 km
THE G.P.SUITE
PALMER COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, WEAR STREET, JARROW, NE32 3UX
ODS code A88025
2.9 km
ALBERT ROAD SURGERY
118 ALBERT ROAD, JARROW, NE32 5AG
ODS code A88010
3.0 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
3.0 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
3.1 km
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
3.8 km
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
3.9 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Fisher Street-Depot
BCT · Low Walker
- 0.1 miles
Neptune Road-Westfield Court
BCT · Wallsend
- 0.1 miles
Neptune Road-Industrial Estate
BCT · Wallsend
- 0.2 miles
Maurice Road
BCT · Walkerville
- 0.2 miles
Maurice Road
BCT · Walkerville
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 020F, 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
1,772 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
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
3,365 published events cover 12 months, averaging 280.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,188 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.