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DH4 9DH

Houghton North · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Houghton North
Local authority
Sunderland
Constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DH4 5EL 7 m
DH4 9BR 7 m
DH4 9DL 7 m
DH4 9DR 7 m
DH4 9ET 7 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DH4 9DH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 2015
Terminated
1 October 2015
Postcode area
DH
Postcode district
DH4
Postcode sector
DH4 9
Latitude
54.843275
Longitude
-1.471324
British National Grid easting
434,050
British National Grid northing
549,956

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
E00044437
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 034F · E01008754
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 034 · E02001824

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
33
Primary
25
Secondary
3

  1. Kepier

    Academy converter

    393 m

  2. Houghton Le Spring Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    415 m

  3. Bernard Gilpin Primary School

    Community school

    443 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,451
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 427
  • Shoplifting 191
  • Anti social behaviour 189
  • Criminal damage and arson 139
  • Burglary 113

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
Postcode sector residents
Not available

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 not available.

GP practices

8

within 5 km

  • HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,

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

    ODS code A89023

    249 m

  • KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ

    ODS code A89021

    510 m

  • HETTON GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89004

    2.5 km

  • HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE

    PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE

    ODS code A89009

    2.6 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A89030

    3.1 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code A89028

    3.1 km

  • WEST RAINTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83024

    4.2 km

  • GREAT LUMLEY SURGERY

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

    ODS code A83029

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Houghton-Le-Spring

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.0 miles

  • Houghton-Le-Spring

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.0 miles

  • Houghton-Le-Spring

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.0 miles

  • Houghton Le Spring

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

  • Houghton-Le-Spring

    BCT · Houghton-le-Spring

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 034F, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

3,990 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
1 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
4 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

Schools

33 open schools are in scope, including 25 primary and 3 secondary schools. Kepier is the nearest published school at 393 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,451 published events cover 12 months, averaging 120.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 427 events.

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