NE62 5PL

Choppington & Hepscott · Northumberland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Choppington
Local authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Blyth and Ashington
Postcode district
NE62
Postcode sector
NE62 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE62 5PN 55 m
NE62 5PP 77 m
NE62 5PJ 96 m
NE62 5PB 99 m
NE62 5PH 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE62 5PL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE62
Postcode sector
NE62 5
Latitude
55.160354
Longitude
-1.610217
British National Grid easting
424,934
British National Grid northing
585,183

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Northumberland · E06000057
Parish or community
E04010842
Westminster constituency
Blyth and Ashington · E14001107
Output area
E00140118
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 017A · E01027530
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 017 · E02005739

Postcode source versions

Explore NE62

17 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, West Avenue, Choppington, NE62 5PL 31 March 2026 £75,000
10, West Avenue, Choppington, NE62 5PL 16 June 2021 £65,000
24, West Avenue, Choppington, NE62 5PL 6 December 2019 £66,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Cleaswell Hill School

    Community special school

    829 m
  2. Mowbray Primary School

    Community school

    954 m
  3. Choppington Primary School

    Community school

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
529
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 163
  • Shoplifting 93
  • Anti social behaviour 80
  • Criminal damage and arson 53
  • Public order 38

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
65

34 female, 31 male

Postcode households
29
Residents per household
2.2
NE62 5 residents
9,052

Age bands in NE62 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.8%

1,357 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

891 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.7%

1,986 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.7%

2,633 residents

Age 65 and over
25%

2,295 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE62 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

GP practices

6

within 5 km

  • GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP

    NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA

    ODS code A84020

    496 m

  • BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP

    GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX

    ODS code A84005

    3.2 km

  • SEATON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    NORHAM ROAD, ASHINGTON, NE63 0NG

    ODS code A84028

    3.3 km

  • THE GABLES MEDICAL GROUP

    THE GABLES HEALTH CENTRE, 26 ST. JOHNS ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 7DU

    ODS code A84013

    3.6 km

  • GAS HOUSE LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84039

    4.8 km

  • GREYSTOKE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84031

    4.8 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

  • East Choppington Farm

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.1 miles
  • East Choppington Farm

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.1 miles
  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.2 miles
  • Morpeth Road

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.2 miles
  • Health Centre

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 017A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,228 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
6 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

Property market

The five-year median is £75,000 from 1 recorded sale in NE62 5PL. 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

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Cleaswell Hill School is the nearest published school at 829 m.

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

Recorded crime

529 published events cover 12 months, averaging 44.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 163 events.

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