NE38 0LU

Washington West · Sunderland · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Washington
Local authority
Sunderland
Postcode district
NE38
Postcode sector
NE38 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
NE38 0LT 76 m
NE38 0LX 88 m
NE38 0LH 102 m
NE38 0LS 103 m
NE38 0LJ 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
NE38 0LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
NE
Postcode district
NE38
Postcode sector
NE38 0
Latitude
54.898719
Longitude
-1.548953
British National Grid easting
429,025
British National Grid northing
556,091

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
Sunderland · E08000024
Parish or community
E43000178
Output area
E00044989
Lower layer super output area
Sunderland 020C · E01008869
Middle layer super output area
Sunderland 020 · E02001810

Postcode source versions

Explore NE38

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
56, Raby Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 0LU 4 July 2025 £129,995
53, Raby Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 0LU 31 March 2025 £117,500
64, Raby Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 0LU 14 April 2022 £120,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
57
Primary
44
Secondary
7
  1. Oxclose Nursery School

    Local authority nursery school

    346 m
  2. Oxclose Community Academy

    Academy converter

    351 m
  3. Oxclose Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    370 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,906
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 550
  • Shoplifting 373
  • Anti social behaviour 270
  • Criminal damage and arson 181
  • Public order 107

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

30 female, 31 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.5
NE38 0 residents
8,726

Age bands in NE38 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,375 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

867 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.2%

2,220 residents

Age 45 to 64
28%

2,465 residents

Age 65 and over
21.3%

1,876 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider NE38 0 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+
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%

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

14

within 5 km

  • GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89012

    1.1 km

  • SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code A89025

    1.1 km

  • BIRTLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    DURHAM ROAD, BIRTLEY, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 2QT

    ODS code A85008

    1.9 km

  • RICKLETON MEDICAL CENTRE

    OFFICE ROW, RICKLETON, WASHINGTON, NE38 9EH

    ODS code A89616

    2.1 km

  • CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU

    ODS code A89022

    2.3 km

  • NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP

    VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU

    ODS code A89026

    2.3 km

  • THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU

    ODS code A89010

    2.3 km

  • I J HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code A89617

    2.3 km

  • WREKENTON MEDICAL GROUP

    SPRINGWELL ROAD, WREKENTON, GATESHEAD, NE9 7AD

    ODS code A85016

    3.4 km

  • BEACON VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    6 BEACON LOUGH ROAD, BEACON LOUGH, GATESHEAD, NE9 6YS

    ODS code A85026

    4.4 km

  • PELTON & FELLROSE MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIT 1, THE LAVENDER CENTRE, PELTON LANE, PELTON, CHESTER LE STREET, DH2 1HS

    ODS code A83033

    4.5 km

  • BRIDGE END SURGERY

    BRIDGE END, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 3SL

    ODS code A83009

    4.7 km

  • GRANGEWOOD SURGERY

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

    ODS code A89028

    4.8 km

  • WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code A89030

    4.9 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

  • Raby Road

    BCT · Crowther

    0.1 miles
  • Raby Road

    BCT · Crowther

    0.1 miles
  • Raby Road

    BCT · Oxclose

    0.2 miles
  • Raby Road - Dilston Close

    BCT · Oxclose

    0.2 miles
  • Crowther Industrial Estate

    BCT · Crowther

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 020C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

15,495 of 33,755

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

Property market

The five-year median is £118,750 from 4 recorded sales in NE38 0LU. 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.

Schools

57 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 7 secondary schools. Oxclose Nursery School is the nearest published school at 346 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,906 published events cover 12 months, averaging 158.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 550 events.

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