SR3
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sunderland, Sourmilk Hill and Farringdon, 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 SR3 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SR3 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR3 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR3 at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 285 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (994), anti-social behaviour (617) and other crime (441).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR3 was 91.2 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 SR3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR3 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- 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 SR3
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 022C | 1,380 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| Sunderland 022F | 1,324 | 38.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.6% |
| Sunderland 023A | 1,427 | 100.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Sunderland 023B | 1,401 | 77.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 023C | 1,499 | 84.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Sunderland 023D | 1,378 | 50.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.1% |
| Sunderland 023E | 1,167 | 190.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| Sunderland 023F | 1,532 | 87.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.1% |
| Sunderland 023G | 1,282 | 89.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| Sunderland 026A | 1,278 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 026B | 1,234 | 66.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| Sunderland 026C | 1,398 | 110.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.9% |
| Sunderland 026D | 1,322 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 026E | 1,564 | 167.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 87.0% |
| Sunderland 027A | 1,460 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.6% |
| Sunderland 027B | 1,613 | 86.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.3% |
| Sunderland 027C | 1,331 | 69.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.3% |
| Sunderland 027F | 2,287 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 029A | 1,359 | 55.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.5% |
| Sunderland 029B | 1,303 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.5% |
| Sunderland 029C | 1,370 | 41.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.2% |
| Sunderland 029D | 1,342 | 52.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| Sunderland 029E | 1,509 | 39.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Sunderland 031A | 1,532 | 21.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.2% |
| Sunderland 031C | 1,248 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| Sunderland 031D | 1,471 | 56.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
MPs for SR3
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South87% of SR3’s postcodes
- Lewis AtkinsonLabourMP for Sunderland Central13% of SR3’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 SR35
Postcode sectors in SR34
Council1
Towns in SR31
Postcode districts next to SR35
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SR postcode area2
SR3 in brief
SR3 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, Sourmilk Hill and Farringdon, in Sunderland.
About 40,621 people lived in SR3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £200,000 in 2025 across 563 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 72.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR3 was £200,000 in 2025.
SR3 had 38,375 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SR3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR3, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.