What is the average rent in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The median monthly rent across Newcastle upon Tyne is £1,206, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.

Where is the cheapest place to rent in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The cheapest neighbourhood in Newcastle upon Tyne by estimated median rent is Newcastle upon Tyne 039 at approximately £883/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.

What's the best neighbourhood to live in Newcastle upon Tyne?

By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Newcastle upon Tyne is Newcastle upon Tyne 033 at 99/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.

Is Newcastle upon Tyne a safe area?

Newcastle upon Tyne has an average safety score of 54/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.

What is council tax in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The most common council tax band in Newcastle upon Tyne is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,223. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Newcastle upon Tyne.

What is the average salary in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The median annual resident salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £30,144, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Newcastle upon Tyne, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.

What is the average house price in Newcastle upon Tyne?

The average property price in Newcastle upon Tyne is approximately £205,112 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.

What's the rental yield in Newcastle upon Tyne?

Gross rental yield in Newcastle upon Tyne is approximately 6.5% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.

How long does it take to save a deposit in Newcastle upon Tyne?

Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.0 years in Newcastle upon Tyne. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.

Is gigabit broadband available in Newcastle upon Tyne?

100% of premises in Newcastle upon Tyne are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.

What's the unemployment rate in Newcastle upon Tyne?

4.0% of 16-64 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).

How many neighbourhoods are in Newcastle upon Tyne?

Newcastle upon Tyne contains 34 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 180 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

City · North East

Living in Newcastle upon Tyne

34 neighbourhoods · 180 sub-areas

Updated May 2026

Where on the UK

Crime vs nat. avg

≈ nat. avg

In line with nat. avg · 92.5 / 1k / yr · #277 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Good schools

100%

#1 of 296 cities

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Commute to hub

123 min

#259 of 318 cities

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

Jobs density

0.67

#26 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Avg rent

£1,206/mo

+14.5% YoY · #193 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

£158/mo

Estimated (Band D)

MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026

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Neighbourhoods in Newcastle upon Tyne

Tap any row or map polygon to drill into that neighbourhood — hovering on desktop will preview the link before you click. Switch the tab strip above the table to focus on Affordability, Schools, Transport, Safety or Wealth — the columns swap and the default sort follows.

34 neighbourhoods · 180 sub-areas

Rent, scores and YoY change at a glance.


Newcastle upon Tyne 039	£883	+14.5%	85	10
Lemington	£944	+14.5%	98	72
Blakelaw	£952	+14.5%	93	38
Walker South	£978	+14.5%	85	23
Cowgate	£991	+14.5%	91	60
Newcastle upon Tyne 037	£1,009	+14.5%	97	29
Denton	£1,015	+14.5%	93	50
Scotswood	£1,019	+14.5%	85	26
Walker North	£1,029	+14.5%	90	29
Throckley & Newburn	£1,029	+14.5%	85	55
Benwell	£1,039	+14.5%	98	56
Fawdon South	£1,050	+14.5%	98	43
Kenton	£1,072	+14.5%	90	32
Fenham	£1,109	+14.5%	90	47
Newcastle upon Tyne 035	£1,112	+14.5%	91	33
Walkergate	£1,151	+14.5%	98	64
Heaton South & Byker North	£1,158	+14.5%	97	59
Westerhope	£1,172	+14.5%	95	77
Newcastle upon Tyne 040	£1,175	+14.5%	81	12
Newcastle upon Tyne 034	£1,177	+14.5%	96	75
Newcastle upon Tyne 033	£1,205	+14.5%	99	89
Nunsmoor	£1,205	+14.5%	95	67
Newcastle upon Tyne 036	£1,223	+14.5%	85	0
Newcastle upon Tyne 038	£1,261	+14.5%	85	27
Newcastle upon Tyne 041	£1,261	+14.5%	79	22
North Heaton	£1,278	+14.5%	96	75
South Jesmond & Sandyford	£1,313	+14.5%	94	77
Woolsington & Airport	£1,329	+14.5%	85	34
Newcastle upon Tyne 032	£1,330	+14.5%	76	80
High Heaton	£1,455	+14.5%	97	97
North Jesmond	£1,526	+14.5%	80	75
North Gosforth	£1,627	+14.5%	93	89
Coxlodge & West Gosforth	£1,664	+14.5%	80	70
South Gosforth	£1,683	+14.5%	95	91

Sources: ONS, MHCLG, DfT, DESNZ, Defra, Police.uk, Ofsted, Ofcom, HM Land Registry. Some columns (salary, council tax, HPI) are published at council-area level.

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Where to look in Newcastle upon Tyne

Three short answers to "where should I focus?" in Newcastle upon Tyne. Each list is filtered from the same neighbourhood data above — the basis of each shortlist is stated above the list so you know what's been weighted.

Top 5 cheapest

Lowest estimated monthly rent. Rent is the LAD-published ONS PIPR median, scaled per neighbourhood by local sale prices (Land Registry).

Top 5 most desirable

Highest composite liveability — combines safety, schools, transport access and rental affordability into one 0–100 score (higher = more liveable).

Top 5 best value

Highest liveability per pound of rent — desirable areas where rent stays close to or below the Newcastle upon Tyne median.

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Cost of living

Median rent and council tax across Newcastle upon Tyne.

Avg rent

£1,206/mo

#193 of 314 cities

ONS Rent Index (PIPR) · Mar 2026

Council tax

£158/mo

MHCLG Council Tax Band D · 2026

Sale price

£175,000

+3.3% YoY

HM Land Registry Price Paid · Jan 2025

Yrs to deposit

3.0 yr

Rent & price breakdownBy bedroom count · property type · affordability

council-area level rent by bedroom

ONS PIPR median for the council area

1 bed£808/mo

2 bed£998/mo

3 bed£1,183/mo

4 bed£1,835/mo

Sale price by property type

HMLR HPI average

Detached£391,252

Semi-detached£235,061

Terraced£205,047

Flat£127,750

Affordability

Price-to-earnings6.1×

Rent / take-home48%

Council tax (estimated, full council area)£1,890/yr

Mortgage (25y, 5%)£967/mo

Rent: ONS PIPR (council area). Council tax: VOA + MHCLG. Sale prices: HM Land Registry.

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Safety in Newcastle upon Tyne

Crime in Newcastle upon Tyne runs at in line with the national average. Bottom quartile (#277 of 318 cities) The supporting per-1,000-residents-per-year rate is 92.5, averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods.

How crime is measured

What's counted. Incidents recorded by territorial police forces and published to data.police.uk each month. Rates use the latest 12 months of data divided by the area's mid-2024 ONS resident population — so the figure is reported incidents per 1,000 residents per year.

Anti-social behaviour is the largest category in most areas and is worth reading carefully — it's a community-reports bucket (noise, rowdiness, nuisance), not "crime" in the legal sense. ASB and shoplifting are weighted lower than violent offences in the safety score on each page.

Caveats. The denominator is residents, so workday and tourist destinations can look worse than they feel for someone living there. Greater Manchester forces stopped publishing to data.police.uk in 2020, so figures for those areas are intentionally blank rather than misleadingly low.

ContextRates are per resident. As a major workday and tourist destination, the daytime population here is much larger than the resident base — so the per-resident figure overstates a typical resident's exposure.

Total crime / 1k / yr

92.5

#277 of 318 cities

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Violent / 1k / yr

27.7

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Burglary / 1k / yr

3.6

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

ASB / 1k / yr

15.6

Police.uk crime data · Feb 2026

Crime detailTop crime types · safest neighbourhoods in this council area

All crime categories

incidents / 1,000 residents / year — sorted high → low

Violent & sexual offences

27.7

Anti-social behaviour

15.6

Shoplifting

8.1

Criminal damage & arson

7.7

Public order

6.6

Other theft

4.7

Vehicle crime

4.3

Burglary

3.6

Other crime

2.7

Drugs

2.3

Robbery

1.7

Possession of weapons

1.1

Bicycle theft

1.0

Theft from the person

0.7

Safest neighbourhoods in Newcastle upon Tyne

by safety score (higher = safer)

High Heaton97/100

South Gosforth91/100

North Gosforth89/100

Source: data.police.uk — incident counts adjusted for population, then averaged across the council area's neighbourhoods. National average = England + Wales population-weighted mean.

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Schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

100% of schools serving Newcastle upon Tyne are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Best 5% nationally (#1 of 296 cities)

Good or Outstanding

100%

#1 of 296 cities

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Outstanding only

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

Good w/in 2 km

27%

#244 of 318 cities

Ofsted (spatial) · Feb 2026

Schools rated

Ofsted inspections · Feb 2026

School breakdownOfsted distribution · best neighbourhoods for schools

Ofsted rating distribution

Good100%

Outstanding (count)0

Good (count)1

Requires improvement0

Inadequate0

Best neighbourhoods for schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

by school score

Newcastle upon Tyne 03997/100

Newcastle upon Tyne 04186/100

Newcastle upon Tyne 03686/100

Ofsted school inspection ratings, latest inspection per school.

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Transport in Newcastle upon Tyne

Modelled door-to-door commute from this council area to nearby employment hubs. Closest first.

Best hub

123 min

#259 of 318 cities

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To Edinburgh

123 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To Leeds

126 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

To Sheffield

149 min

Median across local areas

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

Transport detailAll city commute times · mode share · best-connected neighbourhoods

Commute to major UK cities

public transport, off-peak typical

Edinburgh

123 min

Leeds

126 min

Sheffield

149 min

Manchester

178 min

Glasgow

195 min

London

204 min

Birmingham

214 min

Liverpool

219 min

Bristol

332 min

Cardiff

367 min

How residents travel to work

Census 2021, mode share

Car46%Public12%Active11%WFH28%

Best-connected neighbourhoods in Newcastle upon Tyne

by transport score

North Jesmond99/100

South Gosforth98/100

Newcastle upon Tyne 03997/100

DfT Journey Time Statistics + ONS Travel-to-Work.

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Job access from Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne has 0.67 jobs per resident locally. Best 10%

Jobs per resident

0.67

#26 of 318 cities

ONS BRES · 2024

Drive to 5,000+ jobs

10 min

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

PT to 5,000+ jobs

20 min

DfT Journey Times 2019 · 2019 (programme paused)

5y jobs growth

+1.4%

ONS Jobs Density · 2024

Job access detailReachability tiers · sector mix in this council area

Reachable jobs by mode

Drive — 100 jobs6 min

PT — 100 jobs6 min

Drive — 500 jobs7 min

PT — 500 jobs8 min

Drive — 5,000 jobs10 min

PT — 5,000 jobs20 min

Local job mix by sector

ONS BRES, % of local jobs

Health & social care

20.3%

Retail & hospitality

18.1%

Education

11.4%

Professional & business svcs

8.7%

Tech & ICT

4.0%

Manufacturing

3.5%

Finance & insurance

3.0%

Construction

2.5%

ONS BRES (jobs density) + DfT job-accessibility minutes.

FAQ

Frequently asked about Newcastle upon Tyne

Short answers to the questions we get most often. Each answer is anchored in the data above and links onward where you can dig deeper.

What is the average rent in Newcastle upon Tyne?: The median monthly rent across Newcastle upon Tyne is £1,206, based on ONS Private Rental Prices data. Individual neighbourhoods vary — see the shortlist above for the cheapest and most desirable areas.
Where is the cheapest place to rent in Newcastle upon Tyne?: The cheapest neighbourhood in Newcastle upon Tyne by estimated median rent is Newcastle upon Tyne 039 at approximately £883/month. The full top-five cheapest list and our methodology are above.
What's the best neighbourhood to live in Newcastle upon Tyne?: By our composite liveability score (which blends safety, transport, schools, rent affordability and EPC), the top-ranked neighbourhood in Newcastle upon Tyne is Newcastle upon Tyne 033 at 99/100. The score is editorial; see /methodology/scoring/liveability for the formula.
Is Newcastle upon Tyne a safe area?: Newcastle upon Tyne has an average safety score of 54/100 across its constituent neighbourhoods (higher is safer). The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted so 100 means the safest 1% of England + Wales.
What is council tax in Newcastle upon Tyne?: The most common council tax band in Newcastle upon Tyne is not yet published, with the Band D annual charge currently around £2,223. Council tax is set at the local authority level so the same banding applies to every postcode within Newcastle upon Tyne.
What is the average salary in Newcastle upon Tyne?: The median annual resident salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £30,144, per ONS ASHE 2025. This is salary for people who live in Newcastle upon Tyne, not for people who commute in to work there. Workplace median salary is published separately.
What is the average house price in Newcastle upon Tyne?: The average property price in Newcastle upon Tyne is approximately £205,112 according to HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Individual neighbourhoods vary — typically ±20% around this council area median.
What's the rental yield in Newcastle upon Tyne?: Gross rental yield in Newcastle upon Tyne is approximately 6.5% — the council-area level median rent annualised over the council-area level median sale price. Net yield (after agency, void, maintenance and tax) typically runs 30–40% lower.
How long does it take to save a deposit in Newcastle upon Tyne?: Saving a 10% deposit at the council area median sale price on the council area median salary, while putting away 10% of takehome pay each month, takes approximately 3.0 years in Newcastle upon Tyne. Faster if you save more, slower if rents are eating into savings.
Is gigabit broadband available in Newcastle upon Tyne?: 100% of premises in Newcastle upon Tyne are gigabit-capable per Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Coverage is patchier in older terraces and rural fringes — check your specific postcode for service availability.
What's the unemployment rate in Newcastle upon Tyne?: 4.0% of 16-64 residents in Newcastle upon Tyne are on the DWP Claimant Count — Universal Credit while seeking work, or Jobseeker's Allowance. That's the live monthly local indicator. It's narrower than the ONS Labour Force Survey "ILO unemployment rate" (which counts anyone actively job-seeking on a separate denominator) and narrower again than Census 2021's "% unemployed" (which is calculated against all 16+ residents and so isn't directly comparable).
How many neighbourhoods are in Newcastle upon Tyne?: Newcastle upon Tyne contains 34 neighbourhood neighbourhoods covering 180 sub-areas (local areas). Browse the full list at the bottom of this page or use the neighbourhood map above to drill into a specific area.

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All sub-areas in Newcastle upon Tyne

Every local area, ordered by crawl priority. Most readers want the neighbourhood-level view — these are for deep-link cases or external search-engine arrivals.

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