# DH4 5LW: area report for a postcode in Sunderland

DH4 5LW is a postcode in Sunderland.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Sunderland. Open the map at DH4 5LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) › [DH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4) › [DH4 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-5)

## Around this postcode

- **11 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 27% on July. Sunderland 033B: 42 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **Chester-Le-Street, 6 km**: The nearest station, in a straight line. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 490 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **No property in DH4 5LW listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Sunderland 033B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **£147,114 average price**: For the whole of Sunderland, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 680 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **1 supermarket within 1 km**: Nearest is 760 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at DH4 5LW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **Low road and rail noise at DH4 5LW**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW
- **8.9 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Newbottle Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newbottle-primary-academy-e140584) | Primary | 490 m (6 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Burnside Academy Inspires](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnside-academy-inspires-e142996) | Primary | 530 m (7 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, October 2024 | 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Dubmire Primary](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dubmire-primary-e143524) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Kepier](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kepier-e137262) | Secondary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 46.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Houghton Le Spring Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/houghton-le-spring-nursery-school-e108746) | Nursery | 1.5 km (19 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, February 2025 | – |
| [Bernard Gilpin Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bernard-gilpin-primary-school-e108830) | Primary | 1.6 km (20 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), September 2022 | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-michaels-catholic-primary-school-houghton-e147131) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Shiney Row Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/shiney-row-primary-school-e108826) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, June 2022 | 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| July 2026 | £100,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| May 2025 | £86,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| August 2025 | £110,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| April 2023 | £115,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| October 2023 | £119,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| August 2024 | £62,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| March 2024 | £127,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 140 m |
| December 2023 | £110,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE (680 m)
- Pharmacies: KEPIER PHARMACY (680 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Houghton Le Spring Superstore (760 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £147,114** (July 2026). Sunderland’s average house price was £147,114 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 4.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £32,744** (2025). Full-time workers living in Sunderland earned a median of £32,744 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 16th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 4.5×** (2025). A home in Sunderland costs 4.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 24th most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 32.8** (2025). Sunderland has a deprivation score of 32.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 22nd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sunderland 033B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 21.5** (2025). Sunderland 033B has a deprivation score of 21.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,488th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £220,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sunderland 033B was £220,000 in 2025. Joint 8,379th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,467** (2021). Sunderland 033B had 1,467 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,439th least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 100.0%** (January 2026). In Sunderland 033B, 100.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## DH4 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £174,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in DH4 was £174,000 in 2025. 209th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 34,792** (2021). DH4 had 34,792 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 664th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 45%** (2022). About 45% of people in DH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.5%** (January 2026). In DH4, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland)
- Centre: 54.8502, -1.4845

Council: [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Houghton and Sunderland South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/houghton-and-sunderland-south): Bridget Phillipson (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.4845,54.8502,DH45LW

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