SR2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sunderland, Ryhope and Grangetown, 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 SR2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SR2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR2 at a rate of 95.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 296 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,192), other crime (635) and anti-social behaviour (455).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR2 was 122.4 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 SR2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR2 has no single figure. Of its 21 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SR2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 013D | 1,856 | 320.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 84.6% |
| Sunderland 013E | 1,470 | 149.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.5% |
| Sunderland 016B | 1,897 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.3% |
| Sunderland 016C | 1,016 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.4% |
| Sunderland 016D | 1,228 | 163.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.8% |
| Sunderland 016E | 1,050 | 151.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.4% |
| Sunderland 022A | 1,433 | 131.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.9% |
| Sunderland 022B | 1,424 | 87.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 86.8% |
| Sunderland 022D | 1,372 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 022E | 1,496 | 15.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 022G | 1,550 | 109.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Sunderland 024A | 1,494 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 024B | 1,403 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 024C | 1,334 | 80.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 024D | 1,939 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 028A | 1,435 | 51.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| Sunderland 028B | 1,461 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 028C | 2,952 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 028D | 1,984 | 184.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| Sunderland 028E | 1,664 | 80.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.9% |
| Sunderland 031B | 1,353 | 46.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
MPs for SR2
- Lewis AtkinsonLabourMP for Sunderland Central97% of SR2’s postcodes
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South3.2% of SR2’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 SR24
Postcode sectors in SR24
Council1
Towns in SR21
Postcode districts next to SR25
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SR postcode area2
SR2 in brief
SR2 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, Ryhope and Grangetown, in Sunderland.
About 33,921 people lived in SR2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £152,000 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 95.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR2 was £152,000 in 2025.
SR2 had 31,432 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SR2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR2, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.