Schools
89 open schools are in scope, including 55 primary and 14 secondary schools. Balliol Primary School is the nearest published school at 286 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE7 7PF
Dene & South Gosforth · Newcastle upon Tyne · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North
- Postcode district
- NE7
- Postcode sector
- NE7 7
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE7 7PF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1981
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE7
- Postcode sector
- NE7 7
- Latitude
- 55.008551
- Longitude
- -1.582514
- British National Grid easting
- 426,800
- British National Grid northing
- 568,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Newcastle upon Tyne · E08000021
- Electoral ward
- Dene & South Gosforth · E05016353
- Parish or community
- E43000270
- Westminster constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North · E14001379
- Output area
- E00042197
- Lower layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 007C · E01008320
- Middle layer super output area
- Newcastle upon Tyne 007 · E02001714
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
Explore NE7
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 89
- Primary
- 55
- Secondary
- 14
- 286 m
Balliol Primary School
Foundation school
- 308 m
Balliol Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 446 m
Benton House School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,698
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 475
- Shoplifting 265
- Anti social behaviour 250
- Public order 134
- Criminal damage and arson 132
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE7 7 residents
- 14,867
Age bands in NE7 7
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 28.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
2,565 residents
1,468 residents
4,316 residents
4,176 residents
2,777 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
LANE END SURGERY
2 MANOR WALK, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7XX
ODS code A86016
340 m
SWARLAND AVENUE SURGERY
2 SWARLAND AVENUE, BENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE7 7TD
ODS code A86041
347 m
WEST FARM SURGERY
31 WEST FARM AVENUE, LONGBENTON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 8LS
ODS code A86005
404 m
STEPHENSON PARK HEALTH GROUP
STATION ROAD, FOREST HALL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 9BQ
ODS code A87007
1.6 km
JESMOND HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
200 OSBORNE ROAD, JESMOND, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE2 3LD
ODS code A86020
2.2 km
BIDDLESTONE HEALTH GROUP
BIDDLESTONE ROAD, HEATON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 5SL
ODS code A86010
2.2 km
THE GROVE MEDICAL GROUP
1 THE GROVE, GOSFORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NU
ODS code A86018
2.4 km
ROSEWORTH SURGERY
27-29 ROSEWORTH AVENUE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1NB
ODS code A86006
2.4 km
BENFIELD PARK MEDICAL GROUP
BENFIELD ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 4QD
ODS code A86023
2.5 km
REGENT MEDICAL CENTRE
RIDLEY HOUSE, HENRY STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 1DQ
ODS code A86028
2.6 km
HEATON ROAD SURGERY
17-19 HEATON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SA
ODS code A86024
3.4 km
MALLARD MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87615
3.4 km
WELLSPRING MEDICAL PRACT.
KILLINGWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, CITADEL EAST, KILLINGWORTH, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE12 6HS
ODS code A87612
3.4 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
3.5 km
HADRIAN HEALTH CENTRE
ELTON STREET EAST, WALLSEND, NE28 8QU
ODS code A87029
3.5 km
BRUNTON PARK
PRINCES ROAD, BRUNTON PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 5NF
ODS code A86033
3.5 km
THE VILLAGE GREEN SURGERY
THE GREEN, WALLSEND, NE28 6BB
ODS code A87016
3.7 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
4.0 km
PARK MEDICAL GROUP
SHOPPING CENTRE, FAWDON PARK ROAD, FAWDON, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE3 2PE
ODS code A86008
4.1 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Benton Park Road-Trentham Avenue
BCT · Longbenton
- 0.1 miles
Benton Park Road-Trentham Avenue
BCT · Longbenton
- 0.1 miles
Benton Park Road-Balliol Gardens
BCT · Four Lane Ends
- 0.1 miles
Benton Park Road-Benton Lodge Avenue
BCT · Four Lane Ends
- 0.2 miles
Benton Road-Manor Place
BCT · Four Lane Ends
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Newcastle upon Tyne 007C, 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
25,493 of 33,755
- Income
- 8 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,698 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 475 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.