Schools
61 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 9 secondary schools. Washington Academy is the nearest published school at 398 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
NE37 2SL
Washington North · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Washington
- Ward
- Washington North
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Postcode district
- NE37
- Postcode sector
- NE37 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- NE37 2SL
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- NE
- Postcode district
- NE37
- Postcode sector
- NE37 2
- Latitude
- 54.912179
- Longitude
- -1.522676
- British National Grid easting
- 430,700
- British National Grid northing
- 557,600
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Washington North · E05016395
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South · E14001567
- Output area
- E00044980
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 009A · E01008853
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 009 · E02001799
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 NE37
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Arndale House, Units 15 And 16, Victoria Road, Washington, NE37 2SL | 28 February 2005 | £10,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 61
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 9
- 398 m
Washington Academy
Academy converter
- 650 m
Usworth Colliery Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 650 m
Usworth Colliery Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,625
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 738
- Shoplifting 572
- Anti social behaviour 298
- Criminal damage and arson 282
- Public order 161
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- NE37 2 residents
- 6,838
Age bands in NE37 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.2%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,167 residents
732 residents
1,633 residents
1,782 residents
1,493 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
16
within 5 km straight-line
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
197 m
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
197 m
THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89010
197 m
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
1.6 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
1.6 km
WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD
ODS code A85016
3.4 km
I J HEALTHCARE
3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB
ODS code A89617
3.5 km
LONGRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE
2 LONGRIGG, LEAM LANE ESTATE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 8PH
ODS code A85004
3.8 km
RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH
ODS code A89616
3.9 km
BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP
DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT
ODS code A85008
4.1 km
BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE
6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS
ODS code A85026
4.6 km
CASTLETOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 THE BROADWAY, CASTLETOWN, SUNDERLAND, SR5 3EX
ODS code A89036
4.6 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
4.8 km
PELAW MEDICAL PRACTICE
7-8 CROXDALE TERRACE, PELAW, GATESHEAD, NE10 0RR
ODS code A85611
4.9 km
CROWHALL MEDICAL CENTRE
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85009
4.9 km
ST. ALBANS MEDICAL GROUP
FELLING HEALTH CENTRE, STEPHENSON TERRACE, FELLING, GATESHEAD, NE10 9QG
ODS code A85011
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Victoria Road - Taxi Rank
BCT · Concord
- 0.1 miles
Temp Stop 4
BCT · Concord
- 0.1 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Concord
- 0.1 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Concord
- 0.1 miles
Bus Station
BCS · Concord
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 009A, 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
1,402 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
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,625 published events cover 12 months, averaging 218.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 738 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.