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On Firtree Crescent, in Forest Hall & West Moor
What it's like at NE12 7JU: every home that has sold on Firtree Crescent since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Firtree Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 39 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 1998 | £57,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £46,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 3, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £100,000 | 97 m² | £1,031/m² | 1 |
| 4, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | May 1997 | £49,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 6, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £180,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £158,000 | 108 m² | £1,463/m² | 2 |
| 11, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £60,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 13, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £63,950 | 103 m² | £621/m² | 2 |
| 16, Firtree CrescentTerraced | Aug 2000 | £63,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 17, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £140,500 | 71 m² | £1,979/m² | 3 |
| 18, Firtree CrescentDetached | May 2004 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 19, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £146,000 | 67 m² | £2,179/m² | 3 |
| 20, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2003 | £95,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £134,000 | 57 m² | £2,351/m² | 1 |
| 23, Firtree CrescentTerraced | Mar 2018 | £124,500 | 56 m² | £2,223/m² | 3 |
| 24, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 1996 | £48,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £165,000 | 80 m² | £2,063/m² | 2 |
| 26, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2015 | £147,500 | 54 m² | £2,731/m² | 2 |
| 27, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | May 2002 | £78,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | May 2021 | £148,000 | 60 m² | £2,467/m² | 2 |
| 29, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | May 2021 | £158,000 | 52 m² | £3,038/m² | 4 |
| 30, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2013 | £151,000 | 79 m² | £1,911/m² | 3 |
| 31, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £180,000 | 62 m² | £2,903/m² | 3 |
| 32, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £230,000 | 97 m² | £2,371/m² | 5 |
| 33, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £177,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 35, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £110,000 | 68 m² | £1,618/m² | 1 |
| 38, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £217,000 | 85 m² | £2,553/m² | 4 |
| 40, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2014 | £180,000 | 110 m² | £1,636/m² | 1 |
| 41, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2016 | £135,000 | 122 m² | £1,107/m² | 1 |
| 43, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £210,000 | 56 m² | £3,750/m² | 5 |
| 45, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £156,500 | 81 m² | £1,932/m² | 2 |
| 47, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £132,000 | 64 m² | £2,063/m² | 2 |
| 53, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 1998 | £53,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 55, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £249,999 | 153 m² | £1,634/m² | 5 |
| 57, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached · company-owned | Jul 2015 | £145,000 | 68 m² | £2,132/m² | 1 |
| 59, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 1999 | £66,500 | 76 m² | £875/m² | 3 |
| 61, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2023 | £255,000 | 100 m² | £2,550/m² | 4 |
| 63, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £220,000 | 87 m² | £2,529/m² | 3 |
| 65, Firtree CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £230,000 | 78 m² | £2,949/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Benton Metro station, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km). The nearest rail station is Northumberland Park (Tyne & Wear), 3.5 km away, with 1.1m journeys a year.
The nearest bus stop is Glebe Road-Glebe Crescent, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 353); 17 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Benton Dene Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 79% met the expected standard.
The nearest secondary is Longbenton High School, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 41.7 · 9.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: St Mary's Catholic School (2.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 500 m away, with Toon Bakers closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Stephenson Park Health Group (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Manely Men is 350 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, 5.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 79% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 84% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Rosetta Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Flying Scotsman the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (13 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 71 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 11% flats and 12% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1945-1954.
The nearest park is Springfield Park, 650 m away; for exercise, PureGym (850 m).
A swim is a short trip away: Whitley Bay, 8.5 km away, was rated excellent for water quality in 2025.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Newcastle is 7.8 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 191 km.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
38 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency: Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour), since May 2010. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 17,762 (36.5%), turnout 65%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Conservative 14%, Liberal Democrat 12%, Reform UK 12%.
25 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near NE12 7JU →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Firtree Crescent in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 27 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.5% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Haltwhistle Swimming & Leisure Centre · about 49 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.