NE32 postcode area guide — South Tyneside
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NE32 postcode district in South Tyneside — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NE32
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
95%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
88.3%
Gigabit-capable
88.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the NE32 postcode district (South Tyneside) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 678 postcodes Ofcom measures in NE32, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 95% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 88.3%.
Around 0% of premises in NE32 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in NE32
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NE32 3AA | 0% | 0% |
| NE32 3AB | 60% | 60% |
| NE32 3AE | 0% | 0% |
| NE32 3AF | 0% | 0% |
| NE32 3AG | 96.9% | 96.9% |
| NE32 3AH | 100% | 100% |
| NE32 3AJ | 100% | 100% |
| NE32 3AL | 100% | 100% |
| NE32 3AN | 100% | 100% |
| NE32 3AP | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around South Tyneside
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider South Tyneside district (76,709 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
98.3%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.9%
5G outdoors — all networks
94.9%
Voice indoors — all networks
98.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NE32
Police recorded 270 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NE32 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 83 | 30.7% |
| Shoplifting | 65 | 24.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 38 | 14.1% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 34 | 12.6% |
| Public order | 13 | 4.8% |
| Other theft | 12 | 4.4% |
| Other crime | 8 | 3.0% |
| Burglary | 6 | 2.2% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in NE32
Based on 178 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NE32 is £153,000, up 9.3% on the previous year (£140,000).
Detached
£250,000
14 sales
Semi-detached
£175,000
75 sales
Terraced
£145,500
48 sales
Flat / maisonette
£69,500
33 sales
Latest recorded sales in NE32
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £177,000 | Semi-detached | Salcombe Avenue | NE32 3SN |
| 1 May 2026 | £402,500 | Semi-detached | York Avenue | NE32 5QW |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £185,000 | Semi-detached | Langley Terrace | NE32 5DX |
| 28 Apr 2026 | £180,000 | Semi-detached | Norham Terrace | NE32 5RA |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £55,600 | Flat | Russell Street | NE32 3AW |
| 24 Apr 2026 | £160,000 | Flat | Ullswater Avenue | NE32 4EY |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £41,000 | Flat | Saxon Way | NE32 3PZ |
| 20 Apr 2026 | £85,000 | Terraced | Wuppertal Court | NE32 5BG |
| 10 Apr 2026 | £66,000 | Flat | Hillcrest | NE32 4DP |
| 9 Apr 2026 | £162,000 | Terraced | Sherburn Grange North | NE32 5NB |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? South Tyneside demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider South Tyneside district (147,774 residents, 68,288 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.9% |
| 15–29 | 21.5% |
| 30–44 | 18% |
| 45–64 | 21.7% |
| 65+ | 20.9% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 56.6% |
| Private rented | 13.3% |
| Social rented | 6.6% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NE32
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrow School | Secondary | 11–16 | 844 | NE32 5PR |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 278 | NE32 4AW |
| Jarrow Cross CofE Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 262 | NE32 5UW |
| Valley View Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 251 | NE32 5QY |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | Primary | 3–11 | 230 | NE32 4PJ |
| Simonside Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 219 | NE32 4AU |
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Jarrow | Primary | 4–11 | 209 | NE32 5YT |
| Hedworthfield Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 208 | NE32 4QF |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in NE32
155 rated food businesses operate in NE32. 118 hold the top rating of 5, 22 are rated 4, and 1 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Alexander Cafe, B & M Retail Ltd, Baked by Charlie, Barbour House, Bede Burn Kindergarden.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NE32
From a sample of 161 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 NE32 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 32% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band C
32%
Band D
56%
Band E
10%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for South Tyneside
Landlines around NE32 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.