NE61 5UJ

Lynemouth · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward: Lynemouth
Local authority: Northumberland
Constituency: North Northumberland
Postcode district: NE61
Postcode sector: NE61 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
NE61 5UR	299 m
NE61 5TW	305 m
NE61 5TP	332 m
NE61 5TS	384 m
NE61 5TN	394 m

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: NE61 5UJ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 December 1998
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: NE
Postcode district: NE61
Postcode sector: NE61 5
Latitude: 55.213215
Longitude: -1.530400
British National Grid easting: 429,980
British National Grid northing: 591,097

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: North East · E12000001
Local authority district: Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward: Lynemouth · E05016125
Parish or community: E04010767
Westminster constituency: North Northumberland · E14001397
Output area: E00139679
Lower layer super output area: Northumberland 008C · E01027445
Middle layer super output area: Northumberland 008 · E02005720

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

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 12
Primary: 8
Secondary: 1

NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School

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453 m
Ellington Primary School

Community school
2.1 km
NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School

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3.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 200
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 66
Anti social behaviour 50
Criminal damage and arson 32
Public order 12
Drugs 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 4
Postcode households: 3
Residents per household: 1.3
NE61 5 residents: 8,008

Age bands in NE61 5

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 12.4%
Age 15 to 24: 8.2%
Age 25 to 44: 26.5%
Age 45 to 64: 29.3%
Age 65 and over: 23.6%

This postcode contained 0% 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.

Nearby transport

Resource Centre

BCT · Lynemouth
0.3 miles
Resource Centre

BCT · Lynemouth
0.3 miles
Post Office

BCT · Lynemouth
0.4 miles
Power Station North Entrance

BCT · Lynemouth
0.4 miles
Power Station North Entrance

BCT · Lynemouth
0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 008C, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,449 of 33,755

Income: 6 of 10
Employment: 3 of 10
Education and skills: 3 of 10
Health and disability: 3 of 10
Crime: 3 of 10
Housing and services: 3 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

Schools

12 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 1 secondary schools. NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 453 m.

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

Recorded crime

200 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.

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