Schools
78 open schools are in scope, including 52 primary and 8 secondary schools. Oakfield Infant School is the nearest published school at 434 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE9 6LF
Chowdene · Gateshead · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Chowdene
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE9 6LF
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 August 1992
- Terminated
- 1 May 1994
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE9
- Postcode sector
- NE9 6
- Latitude
- 54.924142
- Longitude
- -1.600548
- British National Grid easting
- 425,700
- British National Grid northing
- 558,900
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Gateshead · E08000037
- Electoral ward
- Chowdene · E05016550
- Parish or community
- E43000229
- Westminster constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham · E14001244
- Output area
- E00041518
- Lower layer super output area
- Gateshead 020B · E01008194
- Middle layer super output area
- Gateshead 020 · E02001701
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
- 78
- Primary
- 52
- Secondary
- 8
- 434 m
Oakfield Infant School
Academy converter
- 550 m
Oakfield Junior School
Academy converter
- 623 m
Harlow Green Community Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,316
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Shoplifting 786
- Violence and sexual offences 532
- Anti social behaviour 200
- Criminal damage and arson 174
- Public order 138
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE9 6 residents
- 15,388
Age bands in NE9 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.8%
2,425 residents
1,545 residents
3,557 residents
4,405 residents
3,129 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
20
within 5 km straight-line
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
1.2 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
1.4 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
1.6 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
1.9 km
BENSHAM FAMILY PRACTICE
SIDNEY GROVE, GATESHEAD, NE8 2XB
ODS code A85002
3.4 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
3.4 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
3.4 km
OXFORD TCE & RAWLING RD MEDICAL GROUP
1 OXFORD TERRACE, BENSHAM, GATESHEAD, NE8 1RQ
ODS code A85005
3.4 km
SECOND STREET SURGERY
SECOND STREET, GATESHEAD, NE8 2UR
ODS code A85021
3.5 km
BEWICK ROAD SURGERY
10 BEWICK ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 4DP
ODS code A85017
3.6 km
CENTRAL GATESHEAD MEDICAL GROUP
PRINCE CONSORT ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE8 1NB
ODS code A85019
3.6 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
3.9 km
GLENPARK & TEAMS MEDICAL SERVICES
RAVENSWORTH ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE11 9FJ
ODS code A85006
4.0 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
4.1 km
MILLENNIUM FAMILY PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85013
4.3 km
THE BRIDGES MEDICAL PRACTICE
TRINITY SQUARE HEALTH CTR, GATESHEAD, NE8 1AD
ODS code A85614
4.3 km
SUNNISIDE SURGERY
8 DEWHURST TERRACE, SUNNISIDE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5LP
ODS code A85617
4.8 km
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
5.0 km
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
5.0 km
THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89010
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Hertford-Chowdene
BCT · Chowdene
- 0.0 miles
Hertford-Chowdene
BCT · Chowdene
- 0.1 miles
Hertford-Woodford
BCT · Allerdene
- 0.1 miles
Chowdene Bank-Andrews Drive
BCT · Chowdene
- 0.1 miles
Saltwell Road South-Chowdene Bank
BCT · Chowdene
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Gateshead 020B, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
27,697 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 8 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
2,316 published events cover 12 months, averaging 193 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 786 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.