Schools
67 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 8 secondary schools. Plains Farm Academy is the nearest published school at 803 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR3 1FT
Farringdon & Silksworth · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR3 1FT
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 2000
- Terminated
- 1 June 2001
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 1
- Latitude
- 54.880972
- Longitude
- -1.406928
- British National Grid easting
- 438,150
- British National Grid northing
- 554,184
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Farringdon & Silksworth · E05016376
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
- Output area
- E00044699
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 026E · E01008809
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 026 · E02001816
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 SR3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 67
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 8
- 803 m
Plains Farm Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 903 m
New Silksworth Academy Infant
Academy sponsor led
- 903 m
New Silksworth Academy Junior
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,944
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 735
- Anti social behaviour 275
- Criminal damage and arson 229
- Shoplifting 163
- Public order 144
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR3 1 residents
- 11,608
Age bands in SR3 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.6%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28%
- Age 65 and over
- 24.6%
1,912 residents
1,190 residents
2,710 residents
3,438 residents
3,022 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY
ODS code A89041
1.1 km
NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89032
1.1 km
VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP
SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89011
1.1 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
1.4 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
1.4 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
2.2 km
SOUTHLANDS MEDICAL GROUP
RYHOPE HEALTH CENTRE, BLACK ROAD, RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0RY
ODS code A89035
2.7 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
2.7 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
3.0 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
3.0 km
VILLETTE SURGERY
SUFFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AX
ODS code A89005
3.1 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
3.1 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
3.1 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
3.1 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
3.1 km
THE NEW CITY MEDICAL GROUP
TATHAM STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2QB
ODS code A89013
3.3 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
3.3 km
ASHBURN MEDICAL CENTRE
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89018
3.5 km
RIVERVIEW SURGERY
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89002
3.5 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
3.8 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Dene Street
BCT · Silksworth
- 0.1 miles
Durham Terrace
BCT · Silksworth
- 0.1 miles
Silksworth Lane- Warwick Terrace
BCT · Silksworth
- 0.1 miles
Warwick Terrace-Durham Terrace
BCT · Silksworth
- 0.1 miles
Warwick Terrace-Durham Terrace
BCT · Silksworth
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 026E, 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
3 of 10
Overall England rank
8,188 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 3 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 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
1,944 published events cover 12 months, averaging 162 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 735 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.