Property market
The five-year median is £128,750 from 4 recorded sales in NE8 4XT. 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 4XT
Lobley Hill & Bensham · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
Compare this postcodeLocation overview
Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
- Post town
- Gateshead
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Postcode sector
- NE8 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE8 4XT
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE8
- Postcode sector
- NE8 4
- Latitude
- 54.948009
- Longitude
- -1.620327
- British National Grid easting
- 424,418
- British National Grid northing
- 561,549
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Lobley Hill & Bensham · E05016557
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
- Output area
- E00041880
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 008E · E01008257
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 008 · E02001689
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 NE8
Property
23 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 251, Victoria Road, Gateshead, NE8 4XT | 9 July 2025 | £150,000 |
| 265, Victoria Road, Gateshead, NE8 4XT | 28 February 2025 | £147,500 |
| 306, Victoria Road, Gateshead, NE8 4XT | 7 February 2025 | £110,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 105
- Primary
- 64
- Secondary
- 9
- 540 m
Bensham Grove Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 556 m
Eslington Primary School
Community special school
- 605 m
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 3,105
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,105
- Anti social behaviour 439
- Criminal damage and arson 310
- Other theft 251
- Public order 211
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 70
- Postcode households
- 34
- Residents per household
- 2.1
- NE8 4 residents
- 11,626
35 female, 35 male
Age bands in NE8 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 21.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 21%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.7%
2,308 residents
1,323 residents
3,751 residents
2,265 residents
1,158 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE8 4 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
30
within 5 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
572 m
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
816 m
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
1.1 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
1.3 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
1.4 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
1.5 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
2.0 km
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
2.0 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
2.0 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
2.0 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
2.3 km
ELSWICK FAMILY PRACTICE
MELDON STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 6SH
ODS code A86037
2.7 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
2.9 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
3.0 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
3.2 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
3.3 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
3.3 km
PROSPECT MEDICAL CENTRE
501 WESTGATE ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8AY
ODS code A86004
3.4 km
DILSTON MEDICAL CENTRE
23 DILSTON ROAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 5AB
ODS code Y00184
3.4 km
HOLMSIDE MEDICAL GROUP
142 ARMSTRONG ROAD, BENWELL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 8QB
ODS code A86021
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 30 matching practices.
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
- 0.1 miles
Lobley Hill Road-Victoria Road
BCT · Bensham
- 0.1 miles
Lobley Hill Road-Victoria Road
BCT · Bensham
- 0.1 miles
Victoria Road-Lobley Hill Road
BCT · Bensham
- 0.2 miles
Lobley Hill Road-Newbury Place
BCT · Bensham
- 0.2 miles
Saltwell Road-Stephenson Street
BCT · Bensham
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 008E, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,118 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 1 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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
- 1
- Low risk addresses
- 7
- 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
105 open schools are in scope, including 64 primary and 9 secondary schools. Bensham Grove Nursery School is the nearest published school at 540 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
3,105 published events cover 12 months, averaging 258.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,105 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.