Schools
63 open schools are in scope, including 38 primary and 9 secondary schools. Portland Academy is the nearest published school at 585 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR3 2XB
Doxford Park · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Sunderland
- Ward
- Doxford Park
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR3 2XB
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 March 1982
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 2
- Latitude
- 54.860077
- Longitude
- -1.408511
- British National Grid easting
- 438,068
- British National Grid northing
- 551,858
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Doxford Park · E05016375
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
- Output area
- E00044514
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 031D · E01008771
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 031 · E02001821
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
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Fox House, 103, Hall Farm Road, Sunderland, SR3 2XB | 19 December 2019 | £40,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 63
- Primary
- 38
- Secondary
- 9
- 585 m
Portland Academy
Academy special converter
- 640 m
Mill Hill Nursery School
Local authority nursery school
- 682 m
Mill Hill Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 671
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 230
- Anti social behaviour 141
- Criminal damage and arson 54
- Shoplifting 52
- Burglary 45
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 9
- Postcode households
- 10
- Residents per household
- 0.9
- SR3 2 residents
- 10,263
5 female, 4 male
Age bands in SR3 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 23.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.7%
1,580 residents
1,020 residents
2,490 residents
3,082 residents
2,259 residents
This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SR3 2 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
16
within 5 km
NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89032
1.2 km
VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP
SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89011
1.2 km
SOUTHLANDS MEDICAL GROUP
RYHOPE HEALTH CENTRE, BLACK ROAD, RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0RY
ODS code A89035
2.8 km
HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY
ODS code A89041
2.9 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
3.5 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
3.5 km
THE NEW SEAHAM MEDICAL GROUP
EASTDENE ROAD, EASTLEA, SEAHAM, SR7 8DY
ODS code A83071
4.0 km
HOUGHTON MEDICAL GROUP,
THE HEALTH CENTRE, CHURCH STREET, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4DN
ODS code A89023
4.4 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
4.6 km
BYRON MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE AVENUE, DENESIDE, SEAHAM, SR7 8LF
ODS code A83075
4.6 km
HETTON GROUP PRACTICE
FRANCIS WAY, HETTON-LE-HOLE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH5 9EZ
ODS code A89004
4.7 km
KEPIER MEDICAL PRACTICE
LEYBURN GROVE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 5EQ
ODS code A89021
4.8 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
4.8 km
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
4.8 km
VILLETTE SURGERY
SUFFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AX
ODS code A89005
4.9 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
5.0 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
- 0.1 miles
Hall Farm Road-Foxlair Close
BCT · Doxford Park
- 0.1 miles
Doxford Park Hall Farm
BCT · Doxford Park
- 0.3 miles
Hall Farm Road-Bishops Way
BCT · Doxford Park
- 0.3 miles
Doxford Park Way - Hallfield Close
BCT · Doxford Park
- 0.3 miles
Weymouth Road
BCT · Doxford Park
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 031D, 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
14,645 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
671 published events cover 12 months, averaging 55.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 230 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.