NE38
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Washington, Columbia and Barmston, 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 NE38 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In NE38, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How NE38 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is NE38 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in NE38 at a rate of 74.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 96.9 per 1,000 people across NE.
In August 2026 alone, 173 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in NE38.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (734), anti-social behaviour (484) and other crime (383).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in NE38 was 82.1 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 NE38, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so NE38 has no single figure. Of its 23 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in NE38
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland 017A | 1,389 | 43.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 91.6% |
| Sunderland 017B | 1,235 | 55.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 017C | 1,352 | 56.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Sunderland 017E | 1,556 | 81.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Sunderland 017F | 1,512 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |
| Sunderland 017G | 1,608 | 88.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 87.4% |
| Sunderland 019A | 1,208 | 62.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.3% |
| Sunderland 019B | 1,443 | 129.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.7% |
| Sunderland 019C | 1,301 | 317.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 65.2% |
| Sunderland 019D | 1,408 | 117.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.6% |
| Sunderland 019E | 1,132 | 24.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 96.6% |
| Sunderland 020A | 1,545 | 162.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 020B | 1,097 | 47.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.5% |
| Sunderland 020C | 1,219 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| Sunderland 020D | 1,328 | 27.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Sunderland 020E | 1,380 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| Sunderland 020F | 1,654 | 52.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.3% |
| Sunderland 025B | 1,438 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.6% |
| Sunderland 025C | 1,288 | 44.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 69.7% |
| Sunderland 025D | 1,532 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.0% |
| Sunderland 025E | 1,209 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.6% |
| Sunderland 025F | 1,325 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| Sunderland 025G | 1,369 | 67.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
MPs for NE38
- Mrs Sharon HodgsonLabourMP for Washington and Gateshead South99% of NE38’s postcodes
- Luke AkehurstLabourMP for North Durham1.4% of NE38’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 NE384
Postcode sectors in NE384
Council1
Towns in NE381
Postcode districts next to NE384
Nearest rail stations2
More in the NE postcode area2
NE38 in brief
NE38 is a postcode district covering Washington, Columbia and Barmston, in Sunderland.
About 31,954 people lived in NE38 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £176,500 in 2025 across 362 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 74.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in NE38 was £176,500 in 2025.
NE38 had 31,846 usual residents at the census.
In NE38, 91.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In NE38, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.