Schools
68 open schools are in scope, including 49 primary and 6 secondary schools. Bexhill Academy is the nearest published school at 970 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR5 3JA
Washington East · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Sunderland
- Ward
- Washington East
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South
- Postcode district
- SR5
- Postcode sector
- SR5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR5 3JA
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2022
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR5
- Postcode sector
- SR5 3
- Latitude
- 54.924683
- Longitude
- -1.471538
- British National Grid easting
- 433,968
- British National Grid northing
- 559,015
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- North East · E12000001
- Local authority district
- Sunderland · E08000024
- Electoral ward
- Washington East · E05016394
- Parish or community
- E43000178
- Westminster constituency
- Washington and Gateshead South · E14001567
- Output area
- E00044950
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 007A · E01008855
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 007 · E02001797
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
8 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Usworth Cottages, Sunderland, SR5 3JA | 6 August 2019 | £260,000 |
| 2, Usworth Cottages, Sunderland, SR5 3JA | 22 February 2019 | £230,000 |
| 4, Usworth Cottages, Sunderland, SR5 3JA | 17 November 2017 | £135,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 68
- Primary
- 49
- Secondary
- 6
- 970 m
Bexhill Academy
Academy converter
- 976 m
Town End Academy
Academy converter
- 1.0 km
Hylton Castle Primary School
Community school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 811
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 284
- Criminal damage and arson 106
- Anti social behaviour 95
- Shoplifting 75
- Public order 59
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR5 3 residents
- 8,478
Age bands in SR5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.6%
1,481 residents
949 residents
2,040 residents
2,404 residents
1,568 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
19
within 5 km straight-line
CASTLETOWN MEDICAL CENTRE
6 THE BROADWAY, CASTLETOWN, SUNDERLAND, SR5 3EX
ODS code A89036
1.8 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE SOUTH HYLTON SURG
2 UNION STREET, SOUTH HYLTON, SUNDERLAND, SR4 0LS
ODS code A89614
2.7 km
BOLDON GP PRACTICE
GIBSON COURT, BOLDON COLLIERY, NE35 9AN
ODS code A88009
2.9 km
COLLIERY COURT MEDICAL GROUP
GIBSON COURT, BOLDON COLLIERY, NE35 9AN
ODS code A88016
2.9 km
RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS
ODS code A89008
3.0 km
CONCORD MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89022
3.6 km
NEW WASHINGTON MEDICAL GROUP
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89026
3.6 km
THE STEPHENSON MEDICAL PRACTICE
VICTORIA ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, VICTORIA ROAD, CONCORD, WASHINGTON, NE37 2PU
ODS code A89010
3.6 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
4.1 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
4.1 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
4.1 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
4.1 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
4.1 km
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP
SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT
ODS code A89019
4.5 km
GALLERIES MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE GALLERIES HEALTH CENTRE, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89012
4.8 km
SUNDERLAND GP ALLIANCE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HEALTH CENTRE, THE GALLERIES, WASHINGTON CENTRE, WASHINGTON, NE38 7NQ
ODS code A89025
4.8 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
4.9 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
5.0 km
THE BROADWAY MEDICAL PRACTICE
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89024
5.0 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Washington Road-Museum
BCT · Nissan
- 0.1 miles
Washington Way - Nissan Factory
BCT · Nissan
- 0.2 miles
Washington Road-Museum
BCT · Nissan
- 0.2 miles
Washington Road - Nissan Factory
BCT · Nissan
- 0.3 miles
Nightingale Hospital
BCT · Nissan
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 007A, 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
13,514 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 3 of 10
- Crime
- 10 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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
811 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 284 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.