STEAD STREET, NE28 0AP House Prices & Local Information

NE28 0AP is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on Stead Street, 0.5km from Howdon on Tyne in Wallsend. Administratively it sits within Riverside ward and the North Tyneside constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, NE28 0AP is a transitional terrace area — improving but still facing economic pressures. The daytime character shifts — white, female workforce with low qualifications, working locally. An average age of 31 points to a young professional and early-career population — ambitious, mobile, and predominantly renting. 65% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence. Full-time employment stands at 20% — below average for the region, consistent with the area's higher deprivation indicators.

Safety: Crime is moderate at 50 incidents per 1,000 residents — broadly typical for this type of urban area. Property: With prices averaging £91k, this is one of the more affordable postcodes in the area, down 16.7% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for NE28 0AP are sourced from Output Area E00043369 (shared with 4 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.