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DH4 7LQ

Penshaw & Shiney Row · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Penshaw & Shiney Row
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 7LG 37 m
DH4 7BZ 122 m
DH4 7JZ 144 m
DH4 7ND 146 m
DH4 7LF 150 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 7LQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 7
Latitude
54.869393
Longitude
-1.497784
British National Grid easting
432,330
British National Grid northing
552,850

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Electoral ward
Penshaw & Shiney Row · E05016387
Parish or community
E43000178
Westminster constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
Output area
E00044662
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 030A · E01008793
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 030 · E02001820

Postcode source versions

Explore DH4

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
54
Primary
39
Secondary
8

  1. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw

    Academy converter

    265 m

  2. Barnwell Academy

    Academy converter

    451 m

  3. Shiney Row Primary School

    Community school

    496 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
942
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 328
  • Anti social behaviour 134
  • Criminal damage and arson 91
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Public order 69

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
36

20 female, 16 male

Postcode households
32
Residents per household
1.1
DH4 7 residents
9,383

Age bands in DH4 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,446 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.6%

949 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.4%

2,095 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.1%

2,782 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,676 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DH4 7 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
94.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
94.6%
Gigabit-capable
94.6%
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

12

within 5 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A89030

    317 m

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code A89028

    336 m

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    1.0 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

    3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB

    ODS code A89617

    2.5 km

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    3.0 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    3.4 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    3.6 km

  • GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ

    ODS code A89012

    3.9 km

  • SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ

    ODS code A89025

    3.9 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    4.6 km

  • SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG

    2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS

    ODS code A89614

    5.0 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    5.0 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

  • Station Road-Helmsley Close

    BCT · Shiney Row

    0.0 miles

  • Station Road-Helmsley Close

    BCT · Shiney Row

    0.1 miles

  • Station Road-Redlands

    BCT · Shiney Row

    0.1 miles

  • Our Lady Queen Of Peace Rc School

    BCT · Shiney Row

    0.2 miles

  • Chester Road - Station Road

    BCT · Shiney Row

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 030A, 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

994 of 33,755

Income
1 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
5 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

54 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 8 secondary schools. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is the nearest published school at 265 m.

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

Recorded crime

942 published events cover 12 months, averaging 78.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 328 events.

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