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SR4

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Sunderland, High Barnes and Millfield, 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 SR4 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Radon Affected Area by postcode district

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in SR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£138,975
71st cheapest of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
41,505
405th most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

How SR4 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SR4Middle
Median sale price8 postcode districts, SR · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SR8 areas from £57,000 to £200,000. The middle area is £131,725. SR4 is £138,975.
£138,9754th most expensive
Population8 postcode districts, SR · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SR8 areas from 5,430 to 41,505. The middle area is 32,952. SR4 is 41,505.
41,505most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares8 postcode districts, SR · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every postcode district in SR8 areas from 35.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. SR4 is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage8 postcode districts, SR · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SR8 areas from 57.6% to 98.1%. The middle area is 95.0%. SR4 is 95.4%.
95.4%4th highest

Is SR4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR4 at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.

In August 2026 alone, 337 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR4.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,223), anti-social behaviour (642) and other crime (640).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR4 was 114.4 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 SR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR4 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

Neighbourhoods in SR4

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Sunderland 011A1,637103.5 per 1,000296.8%
Sunderland 011B1,48999.8 per 1,000394.8%
Sunderland 011C1,454133.0 per 1,000194.4%
Sunderland 011D1,25780.0 per 1,000299.5%
Sunderland 012A1,50257.2 per 1,0002100.0%
Sunderland 012B1,659171.5 per 1,000190.8%
Sunderland 012C1,71574.7 per 1,000199.9%
Sunderland 012F2,47869.1 per 1,000299.5%
Sunderland 013A1,960107.6 per 1,000386.1%
Sunderland 014A1,58999.7 per 1,000192.4%
Sunderland 014B1,54945.8 per 1,000498.0%
Sunderland 014C1,599120.5 per 1,000190.1%
Sunderland 014D1,47888.3 per 1,000377.5%
Sunderland 015A1,31049.8 per 1,000299.7%
Sunderland 015B1,39277.1 per 1,000599.0%
Sunderland 015C1,436138.1 per 1,000399.6%
Sunderland 015D1,36320.7 per 1,000798.5%
Sunderland 018A1,43236.2 per 1,000698.4%
Sunderland 018B1,36575.3 per 1,000299.7%
Sunderland 018C1,46588.6 per 1,000299.3%
Sunderland 018D1,32853.0 per 1,000399.0%
Sunderland 021B1,64994.9 per 1,000197.3%
Sunderland 021D1,934130.6 per 1,000392.6%
Sunderland 021E1,577103.1 per 1,000194.1%
Sunderland 021F1,29425.5 per 1,000799.2%
Sunderland 021G2,24579.6 per 1,000195.0%

MPs for SR4

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 SR46

Postcode sectors in SR45

Council1

Towns in SR41

Postcode districts next to SR44

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SR postcode area2

SR4 in brief

SR4 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, High Barnes and Millfield, in Sunderland.

About 44,203 people lived in SR4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £138,975 in 2025 across 444 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SR4 was £138,975 in 2025.

SR4 had 41,505 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in SR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In SR4, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.