NE37
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Washington, Concord and Albany, 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 NE37 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE37, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE37 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE37 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE37 at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 174 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE37.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (573), other crime (341) and shoplifting (325).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE37 was 119.0 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 NE37, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE37 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE37
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 007A | 1,394 | 132.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.9% |
| Sunderland 007B | 1,261 | 63.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Sunderland 007C | 1,648 | 61.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.5% |
| Sunderland 009A | 1,396 | 182.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.5% |
| Sunderland 009B | 1,216 | 121.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 009C | 1,327 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 009D | 1,263 | 139.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.4% |
| Sunderland 009E | 1,395 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Sunderland 009F | 1,282 | 222.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Sunderland 009G | 1,475 | 47.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 010A | 1,190 | 71.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.3% |
| Sunderland 010B | 1,737 | 72.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 010C | 1,435 | 88.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| Sunderland 010D | 1,255 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Sunderland 010E | 1,076 | 40.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.6% |
MPs for NE37
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South100% of NE37’s postcodes
- Kate OsborneLabourMP for Jarrow and Gateshead East0.2% of NE37’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 NE373
Postcode sectors in NE374
Council1
Towns in NE371
Postcode districts next to NE376
Nearest rail stations4
More in the NE postcode area2
NE37 in brief
NE37 is a postcode district covering Washington, Concord and Albany, in Sunderland.
About 20,276 people lived in NE37 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £152,000 in 2025 across 249 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 100.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE37 was £152,000 in 2025.
NE37 had 19,778 usual residents at the census.
In NE37, 96.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE37, 3.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.