NE65 postcode area guide — Northumberland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NE65 postcode district in Northumberland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NE65
Good coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
84.3%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
25.9%
Gigabit-capable
25.9%
Below USO (10Mb)
3.8%
Broadband availability in the NE65 postcode district (Northumberland) is Good — superfast broadband reaches most premises. Across the 1,060 postcodes Ofcom measures in NE65, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 84.3% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 25.9%.
Around 3.8% of premises in NE65 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 NE65
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NE65 0AA | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AB | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AD | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AE | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AF | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AG | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AH | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AJ | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AL | 100% | 0% |
| NE65 0AN | 100% | 0% |
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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 NE65
Police recorded 2 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NE65 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 | 50.0% |
| Public order | 1 | 50.0% |
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 NE65
Based on 284 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NE65 is £260,000, up 10.6% on the previous year (£235,000).
Detached
£425,000
115 sales
Semi-detached
£205,000
65 sales
Terraced
£185,000
85 sales
Flat / maisonette
£195,000
7 sales
Latest recorded sales in NE65
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | £105,000 | Terraced | Acklington Street | NE65 0NS |
| 15 May 2026 | £113,000 | Terraced | Chapel Row | NE65 9TU |
| 15 May 2026 | £142,600 | Terraced | Church Street | NE65 0DY |
| 12 May 2026 | £210,000 | Terraced | Sea View | NE65 8DS |
| 8 May 2026 | £395,000 | Semi-detached | NE65 9QE | |
| 7 May 2026 | £133,000 | Terraced | Dilston Terrace | NE65 0DT |
| 1 May 2026 | £243,000 | Semi-detached | Church View | NE65 8UQ |
| 1 May 2026 | £260,000 | Detached | NE65 9AT | |
| 1 May 2026 | £235,000 | Terraced | Normandy Terrace | NE65 8TA |
| 1 May 2026 | £640,000 | Detached | Earls Grove | NE65 0FE |
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 NE65
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Calvert Spence College | Secondary | 11–19 | 567 | NE65 0NG |
| Amble Links Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 216 | NE65 0SA |
| NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 200 | NE65 0TJ |
| Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School | Middle deemed secondary | 9–13 | 184 | NE65 7RJ |
| King Edwin Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 161 | NE65 0ND |
| Felton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 102 | NE65 9PY |
| Longhorsley St Helen's Church of England Aided First School | Primary | 3–9 | 96 | NE65 8UT |
| Rothbury First School | Primary | 3–9 | 94 | NE65 7PG |
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 NE65
262 rated food businesses operate in NE65. 196 hold the top rating of 5, 21 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 1911 Coffee Co Ltd, 19th Hole, A & B Young, Abbeyfield House, Ad Gefrin Distillery.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NE65
From a sample of 115 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 NE65 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 63% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
16%
Band C
47%
Band D
13%
Band E
11%
Band F
10%
Band G
3%
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 NE65 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.