Schools
77 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 11 secondary schools. Grindon Infant School is the nearest published school at 228 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR4 9SG
Grindon & Thorney Close · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Postcode district
- SR4
- Postcode sector
- SR4 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR4 9SG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 October 1987
- Terminated
- 1 December 1990
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR4
- Postcode sector
- SR4 9
- Latitude
- 54.886688
- Longitude
- -1.445035
- British National Grid easting
- 435,700
- British National Grid northing
- 554,800
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
- E00044317
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 021E · E01008733
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 021 · E02001811
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 SR4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 77
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 11
- 228 m
Grindon Infant School
Community school
- 961 m
Hasting Hill Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Sandhill View Academy
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,963
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 759
- Criminal damage and arson 270
- Anti social behaviour 255
- Shoplifting 182
- Public order 133
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR4 9 residents
- 5,874
Age bands in SR4 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.3%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.2%
1,004 residents
596 residents
1,420 residents
1,578 residents
1,236 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
22
within 5 km straight-line
HAPPY HOUSE SURGERY
DURHAM ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4BY
ODS code A89041
1.4 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
1.5 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
1.5 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
2.0 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
2.9 km
CASTLETOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 THE BROADWAY, CASTLETOWN, SUNDERLAND, SR5 3EX
ODS code A89036
3.0 km
NEW SILKSWORTH MEDICAL PRACTICE
SILKSWORTH HEALTH CENTRE, SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89032
3.0 km
VILLAGE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP
SILKSWORTH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 2AN
ODS code A89011
3.0 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
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
3.3 km
HERRINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE
PHILADELPHIA LANE, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4LE
ODS code A89009
3.4 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
3.9 km
WESTBOURNE MEDICAL GROUP
KELSO GROVE, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RW
ODS code A89030
3.9 km
GRANGEWOOD SURGERY
CHESTER ROAD, SHINEY ROW, HOUGHTON LE SPRING, DH4 4RB
ODS code A89028
4.1 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
4.2 km
RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS
ODS code A89008
4.5 km
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP
SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT
ODS code A89019
4.6 km
Showing 20 of 22 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Gleneagles Road
BCT · Grindon
- 0.1 miles
Gleneagles Road
BCT · Grindon
- 0.1 miles
Gleneagles Road-Gilbert Road
BCT · Grindon
- 0.2 miles
Gartland Road
BCT · Grindon
- 0.2 miles
Greenwood Road
BCT · Grindon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 021E, 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
1,000 of 33,755
- Income
- 1 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 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
1,963 published events cover 12 months, averaging 163.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 759 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.