Property market
The five-year median is £147,875 from 1,884 recorded sales in NE38. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Sunderland is £143,216 in June 2026, up 4.6% year on year.
NE38
UK postcode district
Part of Washington
Updated September 2026
District overview
- Postcode units
- 876
- Current units
- 652
- Coordinate coverage
- 100%
- Electoral wards
- 6
Coverage context
- Countries represented
- England
- English regions represented
- North East
- Local authority codes
- 3
- Terminated postcode units
- 224
Postcode sectors in NE38
Choose a sector to browse its complete postcode-unit directory.
Property
14,026 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 14, Newriggs, Washington, NE38 8RL | 20 July 2026 | £128,000 |
| 122, Rowan Avenue, Washington, NE38 9AQ | 20 July 2026 | £138,000 |
| 16, Fatfield Park, Washington, NE38 8BN | 17 July 2026 | £500,000 |
Schools
Across this district
- Open schools
- 16
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 3
Recorded crime
Across this district
- Published events
- 2,319
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 791
- Anti social behaviour 343
- Shoplifting 304
- Criminal damage and arson 223
- Public order 146
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- NE38 usual residents
- 31,617
- Age-profile population
- 31,838
Age bands in NE38
Postcode district- Age 0 to 14
- 16.4%
- 5,206 residents
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.6%
- 3,068 residents
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.5%
- 7,479 residents
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.1%
- 8,637 residents
- Age 65 and over
- 23.4%
- 7,448 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
The median Ofcom availability percentage across 647 current postcode units in this district. Each postcode is weighted equally, not by premises.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
In this district, 589 postcode units had 100% superfast coverage, 489 postcode units had 100% gigabit-capable coverage, 1 postcode unit had at least some premises without decent fixed or fixed-wireless access.
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
4
in this district
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
I J HEALTHCARE
3 SWISS COTTAGES, VIGO LANE, WASHINGTON, NE38 9AB
ODS code A89617
RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE
OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH
ODS code A89616
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
Evidence in context
Schools
16 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
2,319 published events cover 12 months, averaging 193 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 791 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.