DH5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hetton-le-Hole, Easington Lane and New Town, in Sunderland.
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 DH5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in DH5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How DH5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is DH5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH5 at a rate of 82.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 163 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (611), anti-social behaviour (359) and other crime (322).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH5 was 93.4 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 DH5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in DH5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 034A | 1,547 | 127.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.4% |
| Sunderland 034B | 1,341 | 68.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.7% |
| Sunderland 034C | 1,463 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 034D | 1,568 | 67.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.3% |
| Sunderland 035A | 1,740 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Sunderland 035B | 1,188 | 103.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Sunderland 035C | 1,516 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Sunderland 035D | 1,714 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 94.2% |
| Sunderland 035E | 1,452 | 64.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| Sunderland 036A | 1,572 | 112.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.1% |
| Sunderland 036B | 2,057 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.1% |
| Sunderland 036C | 1,609 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.2% |
| Sunderland 036D | 2,134 | 100.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
MPs for DH5
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South100% of DH5’s postcodes
- Mary Kelly FoyLabourMP for City of Durham0.4% of DH5’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 DH53
Postcode sectors in DH53
Council1
Towns in DH52
Postcode districts next to DH54
More in the DH postcode area2
DH5 in brief
DH5 is a postcode district covering Hetton-le-Hole, Easington Lane and New Town, in Sunderland.
About 22,360 people lived in DH5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £141,000 in 2025 across 314 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH5 was £141,000 in 2025.
DH5 had 21,193 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in DH5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH5, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.