Property market
The five-year median is £121,500 from 3,057 recorded sales in NE8. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Gateshead is £158,254 in June 2026, up 7.8% year on year.
NE8
UK postcode district
Part of Gateshead
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 1,321
- Current units
- 737
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 9
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 2
- Terminated postcode units
- 584
Postcode sectors in NE8
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
19,371 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 6, Watson Street, Gateshead, NE8 2PQ | 24 July 2026 | £165,000 |
| 113, Regent Court, Gateshead, NE8 1HA | 22 July 2026 | £47,000 |
| 49, Windsor Avenue, Gateshead, NE8 4NU | 20 July 2026 | £86,500 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 17
- Primary
- 8
- Secondary
- 0
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 4,432
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,481
- Anti social behaviour 580
- Criminal damage and arson 414
- Other theft 344
- Public order 340
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- NE8 usual residents
- 32,421
- Age-profile population
- 32,076
Age bands in NE8
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- 5,778 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 14.5%
- 4,655 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.5%
- 11,052 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 21.3%
- 6,821 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 11.8%
- 3,770 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.
Fixed broadband coverage
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 712 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- 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%
In this district, 656 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 458 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 0 postcode units had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
7
in this district
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
Evidence in context
Schools
17 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
4,432 published events cover 12 months, averaging 369 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,481 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.