NE61 6DE

Ponteland East & Stannington · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 6GQ 5 m
NE61 6GP 63 m
NE61 6GN 89 m
NE61 6GL 185 m
NE61 6EQ 191 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 6DE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6
Latitude
55.118919
Longitude
-1.657924
British National Grid easting
421,917
British National Grid northing
580,556

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010866
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00190119
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 015D · E01027473
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 015 · E02005722

Postcode source versions

Explore NE61

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
12
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Stannington First School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  2. Howard House School

    Other independent special school

    2.8 km
  3. Meadowdale Academy

    Academy converter

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 19
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Other theft 3
  • Public order 3
  • Anti social behaviour 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

6 female, 6 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
NE61 6 residents
6,365

Age bands in NE61 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

965 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.1%

566 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.8%

1,350 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

1,927 residents

Age 65 and over
22.4%

1,390 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE61 6 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP

    GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX

    ODS code A84005

    4.1 km

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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Drive end

    BCT · Netherton Park Assmt Centre

    0.4 miles
  • Drive end

    BCT · Netherton Park Assmt Centre

    0.4 miles
  • Southbound sliproad

    BCT · Stannington

    0.5 miles
  • Moor Lane

    BCT · Netherton Park Assmt Centre

    0.5 miles
  • Moor Lane

    BCT · Netherton Park Assmt Centre

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 015D, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

25,044 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
6 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 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Stannington First 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

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 19 events.

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