Schools
71 open schools are in scope, including 42 primary and 8 secondary schools. Hasting Hill Academy is the nearest published school at 61 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR3 4LJ
Grindon & Thorney Close · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR3 4LJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 April 1986
- Terminated
- 1 July 1995
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR3
- Postcode sector
- SR3 4
- Latitude
- 54.880348
- Longitude
- -1.434212
- British National Grid easting
- 436,400
- British National Grid northing
- 554,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Grindon & Thorney Close · E05016379
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South · E14001295
- Output area
- E00044825
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 023B · E01008824
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 023 · E02001813
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
- 71
- Primary
- 42
- Secondary
- 8
- 61 m
Hasting Hill Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 558 m
Thorney Close Primary School
Community school
- 656 m
Farringdon Academy
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,178
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 837
- Anti social behaviour 283
- Criminal damage and arson 279
- Shoplifting 202
- Public order 158
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR3 4 residents
- 6,879
Age bands in SR3 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.7%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 16.1%
1,281 residents
816 residents
1,722 residents
1,807 residents
1,078 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
28
within 5 km straight-line
HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY
ODS code A89041
898 m
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
1.3 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
1.3 km
NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89032
2.0 km
VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP
SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89011
2.0 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
2.8 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
2.9 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
3.4 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
3.4 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
3.4 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
3.4 km
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
3.6 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
3.6 km
CASTLETOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 THE BROADWAY, CASTLETOWN, SUNDERLAND, SR5 3EX
ODS code A89036
3.8 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
3.9 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
4.0 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP
KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW
ODS code A89030
4.2 km
SOUTHLANDS MEDICAL GROUP
RYHOPE HEALTH CENTRE, BLACK ROAD, RYHOPE, SUNDERLAND, SR2 0RY
ODS code A89035
4.3 km
GRANGEWOOD SURGERY
CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB
ODS code A89028
4.4 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 28 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Tilbury Road-Thorne Road
BCT · Thorney Close
- 0.1 miles
Thorne Road
BCT · Thorney Close
- 0.1 miles
Tilbury Road-Tay Road
BCT · Thorney Close
- 0.1 miles
Thorndale Road - Thorney Close Rd
BCT · Thorney Close
- 0.1 miles
Tilbury Road-Thistle Road
BCT · Thorney Close
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 023B, 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
771 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
- 5 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
2,178 published events cover 12 months, averaging 181.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 837 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.