NE46
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hexham, 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 NE46 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 87% of people in NE46 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How NE46 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE46 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE46 at a rate of 66.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across the NE postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE46.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (367), anti-social behaviour (204) and other crime (181).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE46 was 77.0 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 NE46, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE46 has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 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 NE46
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland 035A | 2,266 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 62.6% |
| Northumberland 035B | 1,477 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 78.7% |
| Northumberland 035C | 1,721 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 78.0% |
| Northumberland 035D | 1,491 | 27.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 51.2% |
| Northumberland 035E | 1,678 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.0% |
| Northumberland 035F | 1,566 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.1% |
| Northumberland 035G | 2,445 | 74.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 63.1% |
| Northumberland 040D | 1,123 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 11.0% |
Your MP
- Joe MorrisLabourMP for Hexham
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 NE461
Postcode sectors in NE465
Council1
Towns in NE461
Postcode districts next to NE464
Nearest rail stations1
More in the NE postcode area2
NE46 in brief
NE46 is a postcode district covering Hexham, in Northumberland.
About 15,090 people lived in NE46 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £291,000 in 2025 across 253 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE46 was £291,000 in 2025.
NE46 had 14,811 usual residents at the census.
About 87% of people in NE46 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In NE46, 63.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.