NE63 postcode area guide — Northumberland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NE63 postcode district in Northumberland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NE63
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
98.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
94.8%
Gigabit-capable
94.8%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.4%
Broadband availability in the NE63 postcode district (Northumberland) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 755 postcodes Ofcom measures in NE63, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 98.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 94.8%.
Around 0.4% of premises in NE63 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 NE63
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NE63 0AA | 50% | 0% |
| NE63 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AG | 100% | 97.7% |
| NE63 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AL | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AN | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AP | 100% | 100% |
| NE63 0AQ | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Northumberland
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Northumberland district (174,968 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
83.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
98.5%
5G outdoors — all networks
30.5%
Voice indoors — all networks
87.7%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in NE63
Police recorded 303 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NE63 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 87 | 28.7% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 63 | 20.8% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 33 | 10.9% |
| Shoplifting | 27 | 8.9% |
| Burglary | 23 | 7.6% |
| Public order | 21 | 6.9% |
| Other theft | 12 | 4.0% |
| Other crime | 11 | 3.6% |
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 NE63
Based on 364 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NE63 is £118,000, down 7.1% on the previous year (£127,000).
Detached
£246,000
57 sales
Semi-detached
£160,000
76 sales
Terraced
£90,000
200 sales
Flat / maisonette
£51,000
23 sales
Latest recorded sales in NE63
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | £225,000 | Terraced | Heron Close | NE63 0DA |
| 22 May 2026 | £30,000 | Terraced | Chillingham Crescent | NE63 8BE |
| 15 May 2026 | £65,000 | Terraced | Sycamore Street | NE63 0HJ |
| 8 May 2026 | £167,500 | Terraced | Temple Close | NE63 9ZN |
| 8 May 2026 | £142,500 | Semi-detached | Albatross Way | NE63 9WW |
| 8 May 2026 | £135,000 | Semi-detached | Albatross Way | NE63 9WW |
| 8 May 2026 | £265,000 | Detached | Rothbury Drive | NE63 8TQ |
| 7 May 2026 | £177,550 | Terraced | Oakland Terrace | NE63 8AZ |
| 7 May 2026 | £130,000 | Terraced | Wansbeck Road | NE63 8JD |
| 6 May 2026 | £57,000 | Terraced | Chestnut Street | NE63 0BS |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Northumberland demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Northumberland district (320,569 residents, 146,922 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16.1% |
| 15–29 | 18.4% |
| 30–44 | 17% |
| 45–64 | 23% |
| 65+ | 25.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 65.2% |
| Private rented | 16.5% |
| Social rented | 8.5% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around NE63
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCEA Duke's Secondary School | Secondary | 11–19 | 980 | NE63 9FZ |
| Ashington Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 964 | NE63 8DH |
| NCEA Bishop's Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 448 | NE63 9FZ |
| NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 253 | NE63 9LP |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington | Primary | 3–11 | 238 | NE63 9LR |
| NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 213 | NE63 0LF |
| NCEA Castle School | Not applicable | 2–19 | 158 | NE63 9FZ |
| Gust Independent School | Not applicable | 6–17 | 35 | NE63 8SF |
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 NE63
225 rated food businesses operate in NE63. 162 hold the top rating of 5, 31 are rated 4, and 2 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: A J Gascoigne & Son, Admiral, Age UK, Aldi, Another Spud.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NE63
From a sample of 242 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 NE63 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band C). 64% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
31%
Band C
33%
Band D
26%
Band E
9%
Band F
1%
Band G
0%
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 Northumberland
Landlines around NE63 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.