# SR4

Postcode district covering Sunderland, High Barnes and Millfield, in Sunderland.

SR4 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, High Barnes and Millfield, in Sunderland. Median sale price £138,975 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SR4. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr)

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 SR4 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £138,975** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SR4 was £138,975 in 2025. 71st 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/sr4#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 41,505** (2021). SR4 had 41,505 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 405th 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/sr4#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SR4 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/sr4#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.4%** (January 2026). In SR4, 95.4% 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/sr4#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SR4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in SR4 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=SR4) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 444 homes were sold in SR4 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SR4) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SR4.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SR4) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SR4 had 41,505 usual residents at the census.

## How SR4 compares

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

| Measure | SR4 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £138,975 | 4th most expensive | 8 postcode districts, SR · 2025 |
| Population | 41,505 | most populated | 8 postcode districts, SR · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 100% | joint most people in radon Affected Areas | 8 postcode districts, SR · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 95.4% | 4th highest | 8 postcode districts, SR · Jan 2026 |

## Is SR4 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR4 at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 337 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,223), anti-social behaviour (642) and other crime (640).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR4 was 114.4 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 SR4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR4 has no single figure. Of its 26 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SR4

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sunderland 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008701) | 1,637 | 103.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.8% |
| [Sunderland 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008704) | 1,489 | 99.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.8% |
| [Sunderland 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008706) | 1,454 | 133.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.4% |
| [Sunderland 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008707) | 1,257 | 80.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Sunderland 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008756) | 1,502 | 57.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008762) | 1,659 | 171.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.8% |
| [Sunderland 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008812) | 1,715 | 74.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Sunderland 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01033076) | 2,478 | 69.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.5% |
| [Sunderland 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008700) | 1,960 | 107.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.1% |
| [Sunderland 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008810) | 1,589 | 99.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.4% |
| [Sunderland 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008811) | 1,549 | 45.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.0% |
| [Sunderland 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008813) | 1,599 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 90.1% |
| [Sunderland 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008814) | 1,478 | 88.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 77.5% |
| [Sunderland 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008757) | 1,310 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Sunderland 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008758) | 1,392 | 77.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [Sunderland 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008759) | 1,436 | 138.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Sunderland 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008761) | 1,363 | 20.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| [Sunderland 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008760) | 1,432 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.4% |
| [Sunderland 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008830) | 1,365 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| [Sunderland 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008832) | 1,465 | 88.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.3% |
| [Sunderland 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008833) | 1,328 | 53.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.0% |
| [Sunderland 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008730) | 1,649 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.3% |
| [Sunderland 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008732) | 1,934 | 130.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| [Sunderland 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008733) | 1,577 | 103.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 94.1% |
| [Sunderland 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008734) | 1,294 | 25.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| [Sunderland 021G](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01034517) | 2,245 | 79.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.0% |

## Your MP

- [Sunderland Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sunderland-central): Lewis Atkinson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 60% of the people here.
- [Houghton and Sunderland South](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/houghton-and-sunderland-south): Bridget Phillipson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 40% 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 SR4

[Barnes Park](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/barnes-park), [Millfield](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/millfield), [Pallion North](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/pallion-north), [Pallion South & High Barnes](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/pallion-south-and-high-barnes), [Pennywell and Grindon](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/pennywell-and-grindon), [South Hylton](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/south-hylton)

## Postcode sectors in SR4

[SR4 0 (183 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4-0), [SR4 6 (203 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4-6), [SR4 7 (220 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4-7), [SR4 8 (194 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4-8), [SR4 9 (156 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4-9)

## Council

[Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland)

## Towns in SR4

[Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sunderland)

## Postcode districts next to SR4

[DH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4), [SR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr1), [SR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr2), [SR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr3)

## Nearest rail stations

[Pallion (1.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4171,54.9128), [Millfield (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4013,54.9066), [South Hylton (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4483,54.9039), [University (1.8 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3922,54.9029)

## More in the SR postcode area

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

## SR4 in brief

SR4 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, High Barnes and Millfield, in Sunderland.
About 44,203 people lived in SR4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £138,975 in 2025 across 444 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 87.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR4 was £138,975 in 2025.
SR4 had 41,505 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SR4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR4, 95.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SR4
- Postcode area: [SR](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr)
- Constituency: [Sunderland Central †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sunderland-central)
- Council: [Sunderland †](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland)
- Area: 15.59 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,203*
- Neighbourhoods: 26
- Output areas: 145

* 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

[DH4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/dh4), [SR3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr3), [SR1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr1), [SR2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr2)

## Latest updates for SR4

- 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/SR4

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr4