Schools
69 open schools are in scope, including 40 primary and 9 secondary schools. Redby Academy is the nearest published school at 300 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR5 1JE
Roker · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Sunderland
- Ward
- Roker
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Postcode district
- SR5
- Postcode sector
- SR5 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR5 1JE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 February 2005
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR5
- Postcode sector
- SR5 1
- Latitude
- 54.920038
- Longitude
- -1.383934
- British National Grid easting
- 439,587
- British National Grid northing
- 558,544
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Roker · E05016389
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Sunderland Central · E14001531
- Output area
- E00044213
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 005D · E01008711
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 005 · E02001795
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 SR5
Property
1 recorded
sale at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Toyota Wearside, Newcastle Road, Sunderland, SR5 1JE | 20 July 2021 | £2,350,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 69
- Primary
- 40
- Secondary
- 9
- 300 m
Redby Academy
Academy converter
- 335 m
Grange Park Primary School
Community school
- 501 m
St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,623
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,207
- Shoplifting 1,014
- Anti social behaviour 476
- Criminal damage and arson 411
- Public order 376
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR5 1 residents
- 5,572
Age bands in SR5 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 14.8%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 29.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.7%
838 residents
606 residents
1,388 residents
1,662 residents
1,170 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.
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+
- 66.7%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 66.7%
- Gigabit-capable
- 66.7%
- 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
24
within 5 km
MONKWEARMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE
DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0AB
ODS code A89040
781 m
ST BEDE MEDICAL CENTRE
LOWER DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0QQ
ODS code A89016
782 m
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP
SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT
ODS code A89019
1.1 km
FULWELL MEDICAL CENTRE,
EBDON LANE, SUNDERLAND, SR6 8DZ
ODS code A89015
1.2 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
1.6 km
ASHBURN MEDICAL CENTRE
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89018
1.8 km
RIVERVIEW SURGERY
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89002
1.8 km
THE NEW CITY MEDICAL GROUP
TATHAM STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2QB
ODS code A89013
1.8 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
2.1 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
2.2 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
2.3 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
2.3 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
2.3 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
2.3 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
2.3 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
2.6 km
RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS
ODS code A89008
2.6 km
VILLETTE SURGERY
SUFFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AX
ODS code A89005
2.7 km
WHITBURN SURGERY
3 BRYERS STREET, WHITBURN, SUNDERLAND, SR6 7EE
ODS code A88023
3.9 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
4.1 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
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
Newcastle Road-Crozier Street
BCT · Monkwearmouth
- 0.1 miles
Newcastle Road-Wearmouth Drive
BCT · Monkwearmouth
- 0.1 miles
Newcastle Road-Lochmaren Terrace
BCT · Monkwearmouth
- 0.1 miles
Stadium Of Light (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)
PLT · Sunderland Stadium of Light
- 0.1 miles
Stadium Of Light (Tyne and Wear Metro Station)
MET · Sunderland Stadium of Light
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 005D, 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
8,732 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 3 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
- 1
- 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
4,623 published events cover 12 months, averaging 385.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,207 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.