DH4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw, in Sunderland and County Durham.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an DH4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 45% of people in DH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DH4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH4 at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 244 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (865), anti-social behaviour (486) and other crime (416).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH4 was 83.9 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in DH4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH4 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham 015A | 1,260 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| County Durham 015B | 1,426 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| County Durham 015C | 1,900 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| County Durham 027B | 1,128 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| County Durham 027C | 1,198 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| Sunderland 025A | 1,625 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.4% |
| Sunderland 030A | 1,621 | 183.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| Sunderland 030B | 1,731 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| Sunderland 030D | 1,523 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 030E | 1,527 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| Sunderland 030F | 1,730 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 030G | 1,558 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 032A | 1,323 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% |
| Sunderland 032B | 1,554 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Sunderland 032D | 1,897 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 032F | 1,635 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| Sunderland 032G | 1,255 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.2% |
| Sunderland 033A | 2,017 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| Sunderland 033B | 1,467 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 033C | 2,005 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| Sunderland 033D | 1,286 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| Sunderland 033E | 1,269 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Sunderland 034E | 1,268 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 034F | 1,352 | 323.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.4% |
MPs for DH4
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South80% of DH4’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham9.8% of DH4’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham7.5% of DH4’s postcodes
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South2.5% of DH4’s postcodes
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in DH44
Postcode sectors in DH45
Councils DH4 covers2
Towns in DH42
Postcode districts next to DH46
Nearest rail stations2
More in the DH postcode area2
DH4 in brief
DH4 is a postcode district covering Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw, in Sunderland and County Durham.
About 37,062 people lived in DH4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £174,000 in 2025 across 567 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH4 was £174,000 in 2025.
DH4 had 34,792 usual residents at the census.
About 45% of people in DH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH4, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.