SR5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sunderland and Town End Farm, 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 SR5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 96% of people in SR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SR5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR5 at a rate of 119.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 307 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,365), other crime (712) and shoplifting (588).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR5 was 129.5 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 SR5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR5 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- 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 SR5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 001A | 1,524 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 95.5% |
| Sunderland 003A | 1,430 | 82.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 003B | 1,234 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 89.3% |
| Sunderland 003C | 1,470 | 94.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 003D | 1,357 | 116.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.6% |
| Sunderland 003E | 1,375 | 45.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 003F | 1,408 | 75.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 004A | 1,807 | 133.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.9% |
| Sunderland 004B | 1,229 | 131.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 004C | 1,391 | 95.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 004D | 1,515 | 105.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.7% |
| Sunderland 004E | 1,517 | 102.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 004F | 1,382 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 005A | 1,413 | 62.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 005B | 1,180 | 188.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 005D | 1,460 | 132.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.8% |
| Sunderland 005H | 3,222 | 198.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Sunderland 008A | 1,406 | 252.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.5% |
| Sunderland 008B | 1,395 | 126.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 008C | 1,412 | 90.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| Sunderland 008D | 1,214 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 008E | 1,395 | 172.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 008F | 1,391 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
MPs for SR5
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South54% of SR5’s postcodes
- Lewis AtkinsonLabourMP for Sunderland Central46% of SR5’s postcodes
- Emma LewellLabourMP for South Shields0.1% of SR5’s postcodes
- Bridget PhillipsonLabourMP for Houghton and Sunderland South0.1% of SR5’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 SR54
Postcode sectors in SR56
Council1
Towns in SR51
Postcode districts next to SR56
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SR postcode area2
SR5 in brief
SR5 is a postcode district covering Sunderland and Town End Farm, in Sunderland.
About 36,132 people lived in SR5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £123,000 in 2025 across 242 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 119.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR5 was £123,000 in 2025.
SR5 had 34,472 usual residents at the census.
About 96% of people in SR5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR5, 98.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.