Schools
101 open schools are in scope, including 66 primary and 6 secondary schools. Gibside School is the nearest published school at 402 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE9 5BN
Saltwell · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Saltwell
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE9 5BN
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 May 2010
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 5
- Latitude
- 54.946246
- Longitude
- -1.599971
- British National Grid easting
- 425,723
- British National Grid northing
- 561,360
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Saltwell · E05016561
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
- Output area
- E00189982
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 010E · E01008255
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 010 · E02001691
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 NE9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 101
- Primary
- 66
- Secondary
- 6
- 402 m
Gibside School
Community special school
- 473 m
Dryden School
Community special school
- 591 m
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, Low Fell
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,369
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,556
- Anti social behaviour 543
- Criminal damage and arson 443
- Public order 326
- Other theft 315
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE9 5 residents
- 10,242
Age bands in NE9 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21%
1,789 residents
950 residents
2,656 residents
2,828 residents
2,188 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
29
within 5 km straight-line
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
946 m
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
985 m
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
1.1 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
1.2 km
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
1.2 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
1.3 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
1.3 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
1.8 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
1.9 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
1.9 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
2.0 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
2.0 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
2.6 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
2.9 km
CRUDDAS PARK SURGERY
178 WESTMORLAND ROAD, CRUDDAS PARK, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE4 7JT
ODS code A86017
3.1 km
NEWCASTLE MEDICAL CENTRE
HOTSPUR WAY, INTU ELDON SQUARE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7XR
ODS code A86027
3.4 km
SAVILLE MEDICAL GROUP
7 SAVILLE PLACE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8DQ
ODS code A86003
3.4 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
3.5 km
ST. ANTHONY'S HEALTH CENTRE
ST. ANTHONY'S MED GROUP, ST. ANTHONY'S ROAD, WALKER, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 2NN
ODS code A86040
3.6 km
THORNFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
MOLINEUX STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE6 1SG
ODS code A86029
3.6 km
Showing 20 of 29 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Durham Road Saltwell Park
BCT · Saltwell
- 0.1 miles
Durham Road Saltwell Park
BCT · Saltwell
- 0.1 miles
Durham Road-Valley View
BCT · Low Fell
- 0.1 miles
Durham Road-Valley View
BCT · Low Fell
- 0.2 miles
Durham Road-Dryden Road
BCT · Shipcote
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 010E, 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
5 of 10
Overall England rank
16,408 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
4,369 published events cover 12 months, averaging 364.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,556 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.