NE62 5PZ

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
NE61 6NR 311 m
NE62 5PY 506 m
NE62 5PX 547 m
NE62 5PT 647 m
NE61 6NP 668 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE62 5PZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE62
Postcode sector
NE62 5
Latitude
55.162204
Longitude
-1.633272
British National Grid easting
423,464
British National Grid northing
585,381

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
E00140123
Lower layer super output area
Northumberland 017B · E01027531
Middle layer super output area
Northumberland 017 · E02005739

Postcode source versions

Explore NE62

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Norbreck, Morpeth Road, Choppington, NE62 5PZ 20 September 2004 £400,000
Paddock Hall, Morpeth Road, Choppington, NE62 5PZ 22 September 1995 £136,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
5
  1. Cleaswell Hill School

    Community special school

    2.3 km
  2. Choppington Primary School

    Community school

    2.3 km
  3. Mowbray Primary School

    Community school

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
8
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other crime 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
1.5
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% 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+
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.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • GUIDEPOST MEDICAL GROUP

    NORTH PARADE, CHOPPINGTON, CHOPPINGTON, NE62 5RA

    ODS code A84020

    1.9 km

  • GAS HOUSE LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84039

    3.4 km

  • GREYSTOKE SURGERY

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

    ODS code A84031

    3.4 km

  • NPC CENTRAL NORTHUMBERLAND

    MORPETH SURGERY, WELLWAY, MORPETH, NE61 1BJ

    ODS code A84036

    3.7 km

  • BEDLINGTONSHIRE MED.GROUP

    GLEBE ROAD, BEDLINGTON, NE22 6JX

    ODS code A84005

    4.0 km

  • SEATON PARK MEDICAL GROUP

    NORHAM ROAD, ASHINGTON, NE63 0NG

    ODS code A84028

    4.7 km

  • THE GABLES MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A84013

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • South Lodge

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.2 miles
  • South Lodge

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.2 miles
  • Johnson's Villas

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.4 miles
  • Johnson's Villas

    BCT · Guide Post

    0.4 miles
  • Hepscott road end

    BCT · Shadfen

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Northumberland 017B, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

8,400 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
3 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

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 5 secondary schools. Cleaswell Hill School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

8 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other crime with 3 events.

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