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NE41

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Wylam, in Northumberland and Gateshead.

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 NE41 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 54% of people in NE41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£330,000
Joint 898th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
2,346
Joint 296th least populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
54%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
80.7%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How NE41 compares

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

NE41Middle
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. NE41 is £330,000.
£330,0007th 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. NE41 is 2,346.
2,3469th 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%. NE41 is 54.0%.
54%30th fewest 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%. NE41 is 80.7%.
80.7%19th lowest

Is NE41 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE41 at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people.

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

In August 2026 alone, 12 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE41.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were anti-social behaviour (36), shoplifting (29) and violence and sexual offences (24).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE41 was 55.4 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 NE41, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE41 has no single figure. Of its 1 neighbourhood with a rank:
  • Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

Neighbourhoods in NE41

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Northumberland 036D1,97850.9 per 1,000985.7%

MPs for NE41

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 NE411

Councils NE41 covers2

Postcode districts next to NE414

Nearest rail stations2

More in the NE postcode area2

NE41 in brief

NE41 is a postcode district covering Wylam, in Northumberland and Gateshead.

About 2,382 people lived in NE41 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 34 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in NE41 was £330,000 in 2025.

NE41 had 2,346 usual residents at the census.

About 54% of people in NE41 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In NE41, 80.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.