NE61 5AZ

Druridge Bay · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Morpeth
Local authority
Northumberland
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 5BH 989 m
NE61 5AH 1.0 km
NE61 5AL 1.1 km
NE61 5AJ 1.1 km
NE61 5BA 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 5AZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 5
Latitude
55.288566
Longitude
-1.622945
British National Grid easting
424,046
British National Grid northing
599,447

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010774
Westminster constituency
North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area
E00190044
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 008B · E01027444
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 008 · E02005720

Postcode source versions

Explore NE61

8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodside, Thyme Cottage, Red Row, Morpeth, NE61 5AZ 16 February 2026 £675,000
7, Woodside Farm Cottages, Red Row, Morpeth, NE61 5AZ 9 October 2023 £172,500
Woodside Farm House, Red Row, Morpeth, NE61 5AZ 29 April 2022 £330,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
1
  1. Red Row Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Broomhill Primary School

    Community school

    1.9 km
  3. James Calvert Spence College

    Community school

    4.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
361
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 134
  • Criminal damage and arson 47
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Public order 39
  • Other crime 34

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
9

5 female, 4 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
1.5
NE61 5 residents
8,008

Age bands in NE61 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
12.4%

1,179 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

783 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.5%

2,523 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.3%

2,786 residents

Age 65 and over
23.6%

2,241 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE61 5 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Hadston Road End

    BCT · Hadston

    0.7 miles
  • Hadston Road End

    BCT · Hadston

    0.7 miles
  • Smally's Bar

    BCT · Red Row

    0.7 miles
  • Smally's Bar

    BCT · Red Row

    0.7 miles
  • Barties Town

    BCT · South Broomhill

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 008B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,155 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
2 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
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 £330,000 from 3 recorded sales in NE61 5AZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Northumberland is £213,452 in June 2026, up 12.6% year on year.

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 1 secondary schools. Red Row Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

361 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 134 events.

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