# SR6 8HJ: area report for a postcode in Sunderland

SR6 8HJ 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 SR6 8HJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) › [SR6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6) › [SR6 8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6-8)

## Around this postcode

- **35 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 25% on July. Sunderland 002B: 16 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **Seaburn, 780 m**: About 10 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 220 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **No property in SR6 8HJ 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=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **England’s least deprived 30%**: This neighbourhood, Sunderland 002B. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **£147,114 average price**: For the whole of Sunderland, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 530 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 590 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SR6 8HJ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **Low road and rail noise at SR6 8HJ**: Road 51 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **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=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ
- **8.0 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Fulwell Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fulwell-junior-school-e108763) | Primary | 220 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Fulwell Infant School Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fulwell-infant-school-academy-e139026) | Primary | 220 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Seaburn Dene Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seaburn-dene-primary-school-e108786) | Primary | 650 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), October 2023 | 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Monkwearmouth Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/monkwearmouth-academy-e147532) | Secondary | 760 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-benets-roman-catholic-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e108837) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2024 | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Redby Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/redby-academy-e137463) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2023 | 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Grange Park Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/grange-park-primary-school-e108765) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Whitburn Village Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitburn-village-primary-school-e151290) | Primary | 1.9 km (23 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), February 2020, before the school changed | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 2025 | £165,000 | Semi-detached, established, leasehold | 10 m |
| May 2026 | £425,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 30 m |
| March 2026 | £325,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 70 m |
| August 2024 | £192,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| March 2025 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| March 2024 | £253,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| June 2024 | £230,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| February 2025 | £160,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 160 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Seaburn (780 m, 10 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: FULWELL MEDICAL CENTRE, (530 m)
- Pharmacies: MILLION PHARMACY (430 m); SEA ROAD PHARMACY (520 m)
- Dental practices: RAMSHAW & SILVER DENTAL SURGERY (570 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Fulwell Express (590 m, Tesco); Heron Fulwell (600 m, Heron); Morrisons South Bents Sunderland (690 m, Morrisons)

## 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 002B (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 8.7** (2025). Sunderland 002B has a deprivation score of 8.7 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 7,099th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £270,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sunderland 002B was £270,000 in 2025. Joint 13,365th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,340** (2021). Sunderland 002B had 1,340 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 15,825th 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: 99.8%** (January 2026). In Sunderland 002B, 99.8% 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.

## SR6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £196,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SR6 was £196,500 in 2025. 357th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 28,996** (2021). SR6 had 28,996 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 979th 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: 100%** (2022). About 100% of people in SR6 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: 92.8%** (January 2026). In SR6, 92.8% 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: 54.9331, -1.3761

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

## Your MP

- [Sunderland Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sunderland-central): Lewis Atkinson (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=-1.3761,54.9331,SR68HJ

## How to cite

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