SR6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Sunderland, Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, in Sunderland and South Tyneside.
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 SR6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in SR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SR6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SR6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR6 at a rate of 79.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 196 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (586), violence and sexual offences (518) and anti-social behaviour (477).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR6 was 93.6 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 SR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR6 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SR6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Tyneside 018C | 1,792 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.0% |
| South Tyneside 018D | 1,663 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| South Tyneside 018E | 1,796 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.0% |
| South Tyneside 022B | 1,307 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| South Tyneside 022C | 1,586 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.2% |
| South Tyneside 022D | 1,440 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| Sunderland 001B | 1,399 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 001C | 1,143 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 001D | 1,413 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 002A | 1,424 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| Sunderland 002B | 1,340 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 002C | 1,459 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 002D | 1,341 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| Sunderland 002E | 1,258 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| Sunderland 006A | 1,432 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 006B | 1,417 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 006C | 1,424 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 006D | 1,302 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |
| Sunderland 006E | 1,402 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| Sunderland 006F | 1,589 | 395.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |
MPs for SR6
- Lewis AtkinsonLabourMP for Sunderland Central66% of SR6’s postcodes
- Emma LewellLabourMP for South Shields34% of SR6’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 SR65
Postcode sectors in SR64
Councils SR6 covers2
Towns in SR61
Postcode districts next to SR63
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SR postcode area2
SR6 in brief
SR6 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, in Sunderland and South Tyneside.
About 29,674 people lived in SR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £196,500 in 2025 across 417 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR6 was £196,500 in 2025.
SR6 had 28,996 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR6, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.