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NE61 6WB

Choppington & Hepscott · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Choppington & Hepscott
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE61 6NT 332 m
NE61 6NP 591 m
NE61 6NS 709 m
NE61 6NU 742 m
NE61 3AB 803 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE61 6WB
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
1 June 1999
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE61
Postcode sector
NE61 6
Latitude
55.165054
Longitude
-1.652348
British National Grid easting
422,247
British National Grid northing
585,692

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Electoral ward
Choppington & Hepscott · E05016098
Parish or community
E04013351
Westminster constituency
Hexham · E14001285
Output area
E00190068
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 015F · E01035630
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
23
Primary
14
Secondary
5

  1. Collingwood School & Media Arts College

    Community special school

    1.5 km

  2. Morpeth Stobhillgate First School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

  3. Pegswood Primary School

    Community school

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
169
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 62
  • Anti social behaviour 42
  • Criminal damage and arson 19
  • Other crime 12
  • Other theft 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
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

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

4

within 5 km straight-line

  • GAS HOUSE LANE SURGERY

    MORPETH NHS CENTRE, THE MOUNT, MORPETH, NE61 1JX

    ODS code A84039

    2.1 km

  • GREYSTOKE SURGERY

    MORPETH NHS CENTRE, KINGS AVENUE, MORPETH, NE61 1JX

    ODS code A84031

    2.1 km

  • NPC CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND

    MORPETH SURGERY, WELLWAY, MORPETH, NE61 1BJ

    ODS code A84036

    2.4 km

  • GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP

    NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA

    ODS code A84020

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • West Fen

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.3 miles

  • West Fen

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.3 miles

  • Hepscott road end

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.4 miles

  • Hepscott road end

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.4 miles

  • Dunces Houses

    BCT · Hepscott

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 015F, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

28,059 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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

Schools

23 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 5 secondary schools. Collingwood School & Media Arts College is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

169 published events cover 12 months, averaging 14.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 62 events.

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