DH4 5PP

Houghton South & Hetton Downs · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Houghton Le Spring
Local authority
Sunderland
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 5SA 191 m
DH4 5PH 310 m
DH4 5NL 380 m
DH4 5RA 401 m
DH4 6PX 412 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 5PP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 1994
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 5
Latitude
54.835654
Longitude
-1.485949
British National Grid easting
433,117
British National Grid northing
549,101

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Parish or community
E04000140
Output area
E00044422
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 035D · E01008747
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 035 · E02001825

Postcode source versions

Explore DH4

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Arena Business Park, High Tech House, Commerce Way, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 5PP 19 June 2015 £1,192,550

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
20
Secondary
2
  1. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton

    Academy converter

    844 m
  2. Kepier

    Academy converter

    923 m
  3. Dubmire Primary

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,215
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 380
  • Shoplifting 189
  • Anti social behaviour 149
  • Criminal damage and arson 95
  • Burglary 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
DH4 5 residents
6,824

Age bands in DH4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.5%

1,013 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.2%

601 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.6%

1,610 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.5%

1,796 residents

Age 65 and over
23.3%

1,521 residents

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
0%
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

8

within 5 km straight-line

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    1.1 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN

    ODS code A89023

    1.3 km

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

    FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ

    ODS code A89004

    2.6 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ

    ODS code A83024

    3.0 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    3.3 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

    CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB

    ODS code A89028

    3.5 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

    KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW

    ODS code A89030

    3.5 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE

    ODS code A83029

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Rainton Bridge Ind Est

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles
  • Rainton Bridge Industrial Est

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles
  • Rainton Bridge Ind Est

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles
  • Rainton Meadows

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.2 miles
  • Dunelm Drive

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 035D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,582 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
3 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

25 open schools are in scope, including 20 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton is the nearest published school at 844 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

1,215 published events cover 12 months, averaging 101.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 380 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.