# DH4

Postcode district covering Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw, in Sunderland and County Durham.

DH4 is a postcode district covering Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw, in Sunderland and County Durham. Median sale price £174,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code DH4. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [DH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh)

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 DH4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=DH4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 45% of people in DH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=DH4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 567 homes were sold in DH4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=DH4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for DH4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=DH4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): DH4 had 34,792 usual residents at the census.

## How DH4 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | DH4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £174,000 | 3rd most expensive | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2025 |
| Population | 34,792 | 4th least populated | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 45% | 4th fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 9 postcode districts, DH · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 96.5% | highest | 9 postcode districts, DH · Jan 2026 |

## Is DH4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in DH4 at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 100.9 per 1,000 people across the DH postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 244 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in DH4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (865), anti-social behaviour (486) and other crime (416).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in DH4 was 83.9 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 DH4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so DH4 has no single figure. Of its 24 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in DH4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [County Durham 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020590) | 1,260 | 72.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 92.2% |
| [County Durham 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020591) | 1,426 | 125.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| [County Durham 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020608) | 1,900 | 70.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.8% |
| [County Durham 027B](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020726) | 1,128 | 85.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.7% |
| [County Durham 027C](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/neighbourhood/e01020727) | 1,198 | 146.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| [Sunderland 025A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008799) | 1,625 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.4% |
| [Sunderland 030A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008793) | 1,621 | 183.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.8% |
| [Sunderland 030B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008795) | 1,731 | 36.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.3% |
| [Sunderland 030D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008800) | 1,523 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 030E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008801) | 1,527 | 70.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.2% |
| [Sunderland 030F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01034518) | 1,730 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Sunderland 030G](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01034519) | 1,558 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.2% |
| [Sunderland 032A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008720) | 1,323 | 93.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.3% |
| [Sunderland 032B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008721) | 1,554 | 24.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Sunderland 032D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008796) | 1,897 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [Sunderland 032F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01032483) | 1,635 | 75.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Sunderland 032G](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01032484) | 1,255 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.2% |
| [Sunderland 033A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008750) | 2,017 | 65.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.1% |
| [Sunderland 033B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008751) | 1,467 | 41.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 033C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008752) | 2,005 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.4% |
| [Sunderland 033D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008753) | 1,286 | 82.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.4% |
| [Sunderland 033E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008755) | 1,269 | 78.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Sunderland 034E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008749) | 1,268 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.7% |
| [Sunderland 034F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008754) | 1,352 | 323.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 83.4% |

## Your MP

- [Houghton and Sunderland South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/houghton-and-sunderland-south): Bridget Phillipson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 80% of the people here.
- [North Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/north-durham): Luke Akehurst (Labour), MP since July 2024. 9.8% of the people here.
- [City of Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/city-of-durham): Mary Kelly Foy (Labour), MP since July 2024. 7.5% of the people here.
- [Washington and Gateshead South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/washington-and-gateshead-south): Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 2.5% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in DH4

[Great Lumley & Bournmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham/great-lumley-and-bournmoor), [Houghton West](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/houghton-west), [Newbottle & Penshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/newbottle-and-penshaw), [Shiney Row](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/shiney-row)

## Postcode sectors in DH4

[DH4 4 (277 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-4), [DH4 5 (172 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-5), [DH4 6 (286 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-6), [DH4 7 (225 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-7), [DH4 9 (5 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4-9)

## Councils DH4 covers

[Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland), [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)

## Towns in DH4

[Houghton-le-Spring](https://openindex.co.uk/town/houghton-le-spring), [Shiney Row and Penshaw](https://openindex.co.uk/town/shiney-row-and-penshaw)

## Postcode districts next to DH4

[DH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1), [DH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh3), [DH5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh5), [DH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh6), [SR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr3), [SR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4)

## Nearest rail stations

[South Hylton (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4483,54.9039), [Chester-Le-Street (6.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.5780,54.8546)

## More in the DH postcode area

[All DH postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## DH4 in brief

DH4 is a postcode district covering Shiney Row, Houghton-le-Spring and Penshaw, in Sunderland and County Durham.
About 37,062 people lived in DH4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £174,000 in 2025 across 567 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in DH4 was £174,000 in 2025.
DH4 had 34,792 usual residents at the census.
About 45% of people in DH4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In DH4, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: DH4
- Postcode area: [DH](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh)
- Constituency: [Houghton and Sunderland South †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/houghton-and-sunderland-south)
- Council: [Sunderland †](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland)
- Area: 30.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 37,062*
- Neighbourhoods: 24
- Output areas: 118

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[DH3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh3), [DH5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh5), [SR4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4), [DH1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh1), [SR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr3), [DH6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh6)

## Latest updates for DH4

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/DH4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4