# SR6

Postcode district covering Sunderland, Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, in Sunderland and South Tyneside.

SR6 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, in Sunderland and South Tyneside. Median sale price £196,500 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SR6. 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 SR6 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SR6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 100% of people in SR6 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=SR6) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 417 homes were sold in SR6 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SR6) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SR6.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SR6) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SR6 had 28,996 usual residents at the census.

## How SR6 compares

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

| Measure | SR6 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £196,500 | 2nd most expensive | 8 postcode districts, SR · 2025 |
| Population | 28,996 | 2nd least 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 | 92.8% | 2nd lowest | 8 postcode districts, SR · Jan 2026 |

## Is SR6 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SR6 at a rate of 79.3 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 117.4 per 1,000 people across the SR postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 196 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SR6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (586), violence and sexual offences (518) and anti-social behaviour (477).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SR6 was 93.6 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 SR6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SR6 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SR6

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [South Tyneside 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008685) | 1,792 | 62.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 91.0% |
| [South Tyneside 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008686) | 1,663 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [South Tyneside 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008687) | 1,796 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 86.0% |
| [South Tyneside 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008618) | 1,307 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.2% |
| [South Tyneside 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008619) | 1,586 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 49.2% |
| [South Tyneside 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/neighbourhood/e01008621) | 1,440 | 10.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.2% |
| [Sunderland 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008722) | 1,399 | 101.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Sunderland 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008724) | 1,143 | 15.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008726) | 1,413 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |
| [Sunderland 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008723) | 1,424 | 141.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.6% |
| [Sunderland 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008725) | 1,340 | 16.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Sunderland 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008727) | 1,459 | 54.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008728) | 1,341 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Sunderland 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008792) | 1,258 | 87.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 92.8% |
| [Sunderland 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008786) | 1,432 | 35.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Sunderland 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008787) | 1,417 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Sunderland 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008788) | 1,424 | 45.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Sunderland 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008789) | 1,302 | 179.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 83.9% |
| [Sunderland 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008790) | 1,402 | 77.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% |
| [Sunderland 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/neighbourhood/e01008791) | 1,589 | 395.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 88.9% |

## Your MP

- [Sunderland Central](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/sunderland-central): Lewis Atkinson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 66% of the people here.
- [South Shields](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/south-shields): Emma Lewell (Labour), MP since July 2024. 34% 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 SR6

[Cleadon & East Boldon](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/cleadon-and-east-boldon), [Fulwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/fulwell), [Monkwearmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/monkwearmouth), [Seaburn](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland/seaburn), [Whitburn & Marsden](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside/whitburn-and-marsden)

## Postcode sectors in SR6

[SR6 0 (138 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6-0), [SR6 7 (255 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6-7), [SR6 8 (139 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6-8), [SR6 9 (204 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6-9)

## Councils SR6 covers

[Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland), [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside)

## Towns in SR6

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

## Postcode districts next to SR6

[NE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne34), [NE36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne36), [SR5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr5)

## Nearest rail stations

[East Boldon (3.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4209,54.9467), [Seaburn (3.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3864,54.9293), [Stadium Of Light (4.5 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.3829,54.9182), [Tyne Dock (4.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=-1.4417,54.9762)

## 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)

## SR6 in brief

SR6 is a postcode district covering Sunderland, Monkwearmouth and Whitburn, in Sunderland and South Tyneside.
About 29,674 people lived in SR6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £196,500 in 2025 across 417 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.3 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SR6 was £196,500 in 2025.
SR6 had 28,996 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in SR6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SR6, 92.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SR6
- 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: 14.80 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,674*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 105

* 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

[NE36](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne36), [NE34](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ne34), [SR5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr5)

## Latest updates for SR6

- 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/SR6

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/sr6