Property market
The five-year median is £500,000 from 1 recorded sale in DH3 1RB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sunderland is £143,216 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.
DH3 1RB
Washington West · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Chester Le Street
- Ward
- Washington West
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Postcode district
- DH3
- Postcode sector
- DH3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DH3 1RB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- DH
- Postcode district
- DH3
- Postcode sector
- DH3 1
- Latitude
- 54.904895
- Longitude
- -1.561984
- British National Grid easting
- 428,185
- British National Grid northing
- 556,773
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Washington West · E05016397
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South · E14001567
- Output area
- E00045048
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 010A · E01008873
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 010 · E02001800
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore DH3
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Foxpond Kennels, Northside, Birtley, Chester Le Street, DH3 1RB | 15 April 2024 | £500,000 |
| Foxpond Kennels, Northside, Birtley, Chester Le Street, DH3 1RB | 14 August 2018 | £575,000 |
| Foxpond Kennels, Northside, Birtley, Chester Le Street, DH3 1RB | 22 February 2017 | £575,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 65
- Primary
- 47
- Secondary
- 9
- 795 m
Birtley East Community Primary School
Community school
- 827 m
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Community school
- 918 m
Blackfell Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,225
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 402
- Anti social behaviour 192
- Criminal damage and arson 129
- Burglary 88
- Shoplifting 83
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 1
- Postcode households
- 1
- Residents per household
- 1.0
- DH3 1 residents
- 8,378
0 female, 1 male
Age bands in DH3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 27.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.8%
- Age 65 and over
- 17.2%
1,590 residents
874 residents
2,326 residents
2,165 residents
1,443 residents
This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH3 1 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 0%
- Gigabit-capable
- 0%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
16
within 5 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
1.7 km
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
2.1 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
2.1 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
2.5 km
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
2.6 km
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
2.6 km
THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89010
2.6 km
RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH
ODS code A89616
2.9 km
I J HEALTHCARE
3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB
ODS code A89617
3.3 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
3.4 km
FELL TOWER MEDICAL CENTRE
575-583 DURHAM ROAD, GATESHEAD, NE9 5EY
ODS code A85001
4.1 km
FELL COTTAGE SURGERY
123 KELLS LANE, LOW FELL, GATESHEAD, NE9 5XY
ODS code A85007
4.3 km
PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP
UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS
ODS code A83033
4.4 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
4.4 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
4.8 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
4.8 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Portobello Road-Lazy Bar Ranch
BCT · Birtley
- 0.2 miles
Foxpond Roundabout
BCT · Springwell
- 0.2 miles
Foxpond Roundabout
BCT · Springwell
- 0.3 miles
Mount Pleasant
BCT · Birtley
- 0.3 miles
Blackfell Way
BCT · Birtley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 010A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
6 of 10
Overall England rank
20,149 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
65 open schools are in scope, including 47 primary and 9 secondary schools. Birtley East Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 795 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,225 published events cover 12 months, averaging 102.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 402 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.