Longbenton
Longbenton is covered by postcode districts NE3, NE7, NE12 and NE27. It is mostly in the North Tyneside council area: 637 of its 639 postcodes. The others are in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Every postcode in Longbenton, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 30
- In use before 2020: 609
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 639 postcodes in Longbenton that ONS places, 30 are new since 2020 and 609 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 55.0200, longitude -1.5703. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
What is it like to live in Longbenton?
Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 525 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 31 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 639 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Longbenton?
Homes in Longbenton sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 338 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £327,500 76 sales
- Semi-detached £206,500 130 sales
- Terraced £181,000 95 sales
- Flat or maisonette £119,500 37 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NE12 district, Longbenton's main postcode district: a typical £198,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Longbenton: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Longbenton?
30 of the 639 postcodes now in use in Longbenton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 439 homes sold in Longbenton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE12 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Longbenton | Across the NE12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 338 (0%) | 6 of 441 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 14 of 439 (3%) | 24 of 550 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Longbenton?
Ofcom reports on 596 of the 639 postcodes in Longbenton. At 525 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Longbenton at risk of flooding?
21 of the 639 postcodes in Longbenton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 31 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Longbenton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Longbenton (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Benton Dene Primary School150 m 466 pupils, 420 places
- Benton Dene School150 m
- Forest Hall Primary School800 m 148 pupils, 210 places
- Ivy Road Primary School800 m 115 pupils, 210 places
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)800 m 213 pupils, 236 places
- St Stephen's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle800 m 230 pupils, 262 places
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall800 m 208 pupils, 210 places
- Benton House School1.2 km 25 pupils, 60 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Longbenton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Longbenton is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear) Rail Station, 3.5 km away in a straight line.
- Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear) Rail Station Railway station 3.5 kmCycle
- Manors Rail Station Railway station 5.7 kmDrive
- Seaton Delaval Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive
- Benton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Underground, metro or tram 700 mWalk
- Four Lane Ends (Tyne and Wear Metro Station) Underground, metro or tram 1.2 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Longbenton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Longbenton. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Stephenson Park Health Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2026 · Phone 0191 259 9666 200 mWalk
- West Farm Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 266 2215 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Longbenton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,695 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Longbenton over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 148 September 2025
- 165 October 2025
- 164 November 2025
- 149 December 2025
- 39 January 2026
- 97 February 2026
- 119 March 2026
- 106 April 2026
- 121 May 2026
- 154 June 2026
- 211 July 2026
- 222 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: other crime 59, drugs 26, robbery 18, possession of weapons 14, bicycle theft 11, theft from the person 8.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Longbenton?
- Councils
- North Tyneside (637) and Newcastle upon Tyne (2)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Newcastle upon Tyne North (507), Cramlington and Killingworth (131) and Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend (1)
- Police force area
- Northumbria
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Longbenton
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Longbenton is in North Tyneside; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell North Tyneside about council tax Council tax, on my.northtyneside.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Longbenton
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Longbenton postcodes
639 postcodes in use in Longbenton, by district:
Those districts are all in the NE postcode area.
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Places near Longbenton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Longbenton's £210,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Longbenton
- What is it like to live in Longbenton?
- Homes sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. At 525 of the 596 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 31 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 21 of its 639 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.5 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Longbenton?
- Longbenton is covered by postcode districts NE3, NE7, NE12 and NE27, across 639 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Longbenton?
- Homes in Longbenton sold for a typical £210,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 338 sales, up 2.4% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Longbenton?
- In Longbenton, primary schools at its postcodes include Benton Dene Primary School, Benton Dene School and Forest Hall Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Longbenton High School and Hopespring Newcastle. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Does Longbenton have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Longbenton is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Longbenton?
- Ofcom reports on 596 of the 639 postcodes in Longbenton. At 525 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Longbenton at risk of flooding?
- 21 of the 639 postcodes in Longbenton have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 31 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Longbenton?
- 30 of the 639 postcodes now in use in Longbenton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 14 of the 439 homes sold in Longbenton were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE12 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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