NE69 postcode area guide — Northumberland
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the NE69 postcode district in Northumberland — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in NE69
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
92.6%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
90.1%
Gigabit-capable
90.1%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the NE69 postcode district (Northumberland) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 36 postcodes Ofcom measures in NE69, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 92.6% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 90.1%.
Around 0% of premises in NE69 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 NE69
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| NE69 7AB | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AD | 0% | 0% |
| NE69 7AE | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AG | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| NE69 7AH | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AJ | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AL | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AN | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AP | 100% | 100% |
| NE69 7AQ | 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 NE69
Police recorded 4 incidents within about a mile of the centre of NE69 in August 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 3 | 75.0% |
| Other crime | 1 | 25.0% |
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 NE69
Based on 6 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in NE69 is £650,000, up 15.8% on the previous year (£561,500).
Detached
£1,130,000
3 sales
Latest recorded sales in NE69
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2026 | £840,000 | Detached | Radcliffe Park | NE69 7AN |
| 20 Feb 2026 | £650,000 | Terraced | Radcliffe Road | NE69 7AE |
| 12 Dec 2025 | £380,000 | Semi-detached | NE69 7AJ | |
| 27 Nov 2025 | £500,000 | Semi-detached | Links Road | NE69 7AX |
| 31 Oct 2025 | £1,130,000 | Detached | Mizen Court | NE69 7BG |
| 23 Oct 2025 | £1,325,000 | Detached | Radcliffe Road | NE69 7AE |
| 18 Sep 2025 | £561,500 | Other | Links Road | NE69 7AX |
| 8 Aug 2025 | £750,000 | Terraced | Front Street | NE69 7BW |
| 30 Jun 2025 | £675,000 | Flat | The Wynding | NE69 7DB |
| 1 May 2025 | £383,000 | Flat | Radcliffe Road | NE69 7AE |
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 NE69
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seahouses Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 60 | NE68 7YF |
| Belford Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 90 | NE70 7QD |
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 NE69
16 rated food businesses operate in NE69. 10 hold the top rating of 5, 2 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Abbeyfield Northumbria, Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh Castle Golf Club, Bamburgh Pavilion, Bamburgh Walled Garden.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in NE69
From a sample of 138 Energy Performance Certificates across 10 NE69 postcodes, the most common rating is band E (average band E). 13% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
1%
Band C
12%
Band D
26%
Band E
30%
Band F
21%
Band G
9%
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 NE69 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.