NE22
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Bedlington, East Sleekburn and Bebside, 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 NE22 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 19% of people in NE22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NE22 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE22 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE22 at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across the NE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 147 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE22.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (567), anti-social behaviour (368) and other crime (303).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE22 was 107.9 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 NE22, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE22 has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE22
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 020A | 1,482 | 119.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.1% |
| Northumberland 020B | 1,827 | 93.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.5% |
| Northumberland 020C | 1,417 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.4% |
| Northumberland 020D | 1,339 | 125.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Northumberland 020E | 1,242 | 107.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.7% |
| Northumberland 020F | 1,535 | 121.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.1% |
| Northumberland 021A | 1,664 | 82.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.3% |
| Northumberland 021B | 1,083 | 170.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.3% |
| Northumberland 021C | 1,453 | 41.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Northumberland 021D | 1,832 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.6% |
| Northumberland 021E | 1,326 | 43.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Northumberland 021F | 1,119 | 143.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.2% |
Your MP
- Ian LaveryLabourMP for Blyth and Ashington
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in NE222
Postcode sectors in NE223
Council1
Towns in NE221
Postcode districts next to NE226
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE22 in brief
NE22 is a postcode district covering Bedlington, East Sleekburn and Bebside, in Northumberland.
About 19,006 people lived in NE22 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £179,000 in 2025 across 375 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 89.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE22 was £179,000 in 2025.
NE22 had 18,440 usual residents at the census.
About 19% of people in NE22 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE22, 94.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.