Ryton

Ryton is covered by postcode districts NE15, NE21 and NE40. It is in the Gateshead council area, England.

Every postcode in Ryton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ryton, by flood risk Of the 273 postcodes in Ryton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 255 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ryton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. NE21 4JZ: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LB: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LD: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LE: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LF: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LG: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LH: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LJ: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LL: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LN: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LQ: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LR: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LS: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LU: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LW: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LX: not on the flood risk listNE21 4LY: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NA: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NB: not on the flood risk listNE21 4ND: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NE: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NF: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NG: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NJ: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NL: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NN: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NP: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NS: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NU: not on the flood risk listNE21 4NW: not on the flood risk listNE21 4SA: not on the flood risk listNE21 4SB: not on the flood risk listNE21 4SJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3AY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3BW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3DZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3ED: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3ER: not on the flood risk listNE40 3ES: not on the flood risk listNE40 3ET: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3EZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3FG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3FH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3FJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3GA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3HJ: not on the flood risk 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flood risk listNE40 3JX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3JY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3JZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3LZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3ND: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3NZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3PZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3QW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RF: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RG: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RH: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RJ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RL: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RQ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RS: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3RZ: not on the flood risk listNE40 3SA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3SB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TP: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TR: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TT: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TU: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TW: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TX: not on the flood risk listNE40 3TY: not on the flood risk listNE40 3UA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3UB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3UD: not on the flood risk listNE40 3UE: not on the flood risk listNE40 3UN: not on the flood risk listNE40 3XA: not on the flood risk listNE40 3XB: not on the flood risk listNE40 3XD: not on the flood risk listNE21 4FP: low flood risk at worstNE21 4FR: low flood risk at worstNE21 4FS: low flood risk at worstNE21 4FT: low flood risk at worstNE21 4NT: low flood risk at worstNE21 4SD: low flood risk at worstNE21 4SQ: low flood risk at worstNE21 4TE: low flood risk at worstNE21 4FF: medium flood risk at worstNE21 4FQ: medium flood risk at worstNE15 8NR: high flood riskNE21 4FD: high flood riskNE21 4FE: high flood riskNE21 4FG: high flood riskNE21 4FH: high flood riskNE21 4FJ: high flood riskNE21 4FL: high flood riskNE21 4FN: high flood risk Ryton 6 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to NE21 4FE, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk6 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Ryton, by flood risk Of the 273 postcodes in Ryton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 255 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 6 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ryton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. A695A6085 Ryton
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 8
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 255
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 273 postcodes in Ryton that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 255 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 54.9716, longitude -1.7561. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

What is it like to live in Ryton?

Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 225 of the 272 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 157 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 273 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Newburn Surgery, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 2.9 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 Ryton?

Homes in Ryton sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 123 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£205,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£195,250 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £297,000 29 sales
  • Semi-detached £215,000 45 sales
  • Terraced £172,500 39 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £116,750 10 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole NE40 district, Ryton's main postcode district: a typical £179,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ryton: 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 Ryton?

4 of the 273 postcodes now in use in Ryton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 154 homes sold in Ryton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE40 district, 17%.

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

PeriodIn RytonAcross the NE40 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 123 (0%) 3 of 226 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 3 of 154 (2%) 55 of 325 (17%)

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 Ryton?

Ofcom reports on 272 of the 273 postcodes in Ryton. At 225 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit225 of 272
Postcodes where every home can get superfast258 of 272

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ryton at risk of flooding?

18 of the 273 postcodes in Ryton 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 157 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 18 of 273 postcodes High: 98Medium: 59Low: 459

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 Ryton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Ryton. 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.

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Ryton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ryton is Blaydon Rail Station, 2.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Blaydon Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle
  • Wylam Rail Station Railway station 3.7 kmCycle
  • Metrocentre Rail Station Railway station 5.9 kmDrive

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 Ryton?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ryton. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ryton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 907 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ryton 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

  1. 88 September 2025
  2. 65 October 2025
  3. 79 November 2025
  4. 57 December 2025
  5. 22 January 2026
  6. 73 February 2026
  7. 61 March 2026
  8. 74 April 2026
  9. 74 May 2026
  10. 93 June 2026
  11. 98 July 2026
  12. 123 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Anti-social behaviour215 reports
Shoplifting197 reports
Violence and sexual offences190 reports
Criminal damage and arson67 reports
Public order53 reports
Vehicle crime47 reports
Other theft43 reports
Other crime35 reports

Also: burglary 33, drugs 17, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 3, possession of weapons 3, robbery 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Ryton?

Council
Gateshead
Parliamentary constituency
Blaydon and Consett
Police force area
Northumbria
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Liz Twist (Labour)

All 273 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Ryton

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

Ryton postcodes

273 postcodes in use in Ryton, by district:

Those districts are all in the NE postcode area.

Check a Ryton postcode

Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Ryton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ryton's £205,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Questions about Ryton

What is it like to live in Ryton?
Homes sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5% on the 12 months before. At 225 of the 272 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 157 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 273 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Newburn Surgery, 1.8 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, 2.9 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 Ryton?
Ryton is covered by postcode districts NE15, NE21 and NE40, across 273 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ryton in?
Ryton is in the Gateshead council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ryton?
Ryton is in the Blaydon and Consett parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Liz Twist (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ryton?
Homes in Ryton sold for a typical £205,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 123 sales, up 5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ryton?
In Ryton, primary schools at its postcodes include Crookhill Community Primary School, Ryton Community Infant School and Ryton Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Thorp Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ryton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ryton is Blaydon, 2.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ryton?
Ofcom reports on 272 of the 273 postcodes in Ryton. At 225 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ryton at risk of flooding?
18 of the 273 postcodes in Ryton 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 157 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 Ryton?
4 of the 273 postcodes now in use in Ryton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 154 homes sold in Ryton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE40 district, 17%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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