Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 21 primary and 3 secondary schools. Dubmire Primary is the nearest published school at 308 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
DH4 6NB
Houghton North · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Houghton Le Spring
- Ward
- Houghton North
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- DH4
- Postcode sector
- DH4 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- DH4 6NB
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 October 2008
- Postcode area
- DH
- Postcode district
- DH4
- Postcode sector
- DH4 6
- Latitude
- 54.840606
- Longitude
- -1.496802
- British National Grid easting
- 432,416
- British National Grid northing
- 549,647
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Houghton North · E05016382
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
- Output area
- E00044431
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 033E · E01008755
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 033 · E02001823
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 DH4
Property
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 24, Thames Crescent, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6NB | 30 March 2007 | £71,000 |
| 25, Thames Crescent, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6NB | 14 January 2005 | £63,000 |
| 19, Prospect Road, Houghton Le Spring, DH4 6NB | 11 October 2004 | £68,700 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 21
- Secondary
- 3
- 308 m
Dubmire Primary
Academy sponsor led
- 1.2 km
Burnside Academy Inspires
Academy converter
- 1.4 km
Woodlea Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 828
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 265
- Anti social behaviour 123
- Shoplifting 109
- Criminal damage and arson 67
- Vehicle crime 55
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- DH4 6 residents
- 10,516
Age bands in DH4 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.4%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,831 residents
1,114 residents
2,770 residents
2,871 residents
1,961 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.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE
LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ
ODS code A89021
1.3 km
HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN
ODS code A89023
1.8 km
GRANGEWOOD SURGERY
CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB
ODS code A89028
2.9 km
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
2.9 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP
KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW
ODS code A89030
2.9 km
GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY
THE SURGERY, FRONT STREET, GREAT LUMLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4LE
ODS code A83029
3.0 km
WEST RAINTON SURGERY
THE SURGERY, WOODLAND VIEW, WEST RAINTON, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 6RQ
ODS code A83024
3.3 km
HETTON GROUP PRACTICE
FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ
ODS code A89004
3.5 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Front Street-Fatherly Terrace
BCT · Fence Houses
- 0.1 miles
Front Street
BCT · Fence Houses
- 0.1 miles
North View Terrace-The Folds
BCT · Fence Houses
- 0.1 miles
Front Street
BCT · Fence Houses
- 0.2 miles
North View Terrace-Gladstone Street
BCT · Fence Houses
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 033E, 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
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,995 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
828 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 265 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.