Compare

NE19

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Otterburn, Kirkwhelpington and Elsdon, in Northumberland.

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an NE19 postcode. How census figures are added up

Open in map

Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in NE19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£212,500
Joint 472nd cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
2,169
282nd least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
75.2%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How NE19 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

NE19Middle
Median sale price58 postcode districts, NE · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in NE58 areas from £131,567 to £615,000. The middle area is £199,000. NE19 is £212,500.
£212,50025th most expensive
Population60 postcode districts, NE · 2021
Population: every postcode district in NE60 areas from 324 to 52,874. The middle area is 17,840. NE19 is 2,169.
2,1698th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares60 postcode districts, NE · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in NE60 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 57.0%. NE19 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage60 postcode districts, NE · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in NE60 areas from 19.8% to 98.8%. The middle area is 91.4%. NE19 is 75.2%.
75.2%14th lowest

Is NE19 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE19 at a rate of 37.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across the NE postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 4 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE19.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (27), other crime (22) and anti-social behaviour (10).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE19 was 43.0 per 1,000 people.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Deprivation in NE19, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE19 has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in NE19

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Northumberland 019C1,57851.9 per 1,000450.8%

MPs for NE19

As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

Postcode sectors in NE192

Council1

Postcode districts next to NE198

More in the NE postcode area2

NE19 in brief

NE19 is a postcode district covering Otterburn, Kirkwhelpington and Elsdon, in Northumberland.

About 2,140 people lived in NE19 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £212,500 in 2025 across 28 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 37.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NE19 was £212,500 in 2025.

NE19 had 2,169 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in NE19 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In NE19, 75.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.