Schools
66 open schools are in scope, including 37 primary and 9 secondary schools. Redby Academy is the nearest published school at 308 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SR6 9SH
Roker · Sunderland · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Roker
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Postcode district
- SR6
- Postcode sector
- SR6 9
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SR6 9SH
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 August 2008
- Postcode area
- SR
- Postcode district
- SR6
- Postcode sector
- SR6 9
- Latitude
- 54.919492
- Longitude
- -1.379059
- British National Grid easting
- 439,900
- British National Grid northing
- 558,486
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
- E00044632
- Lower layer super output area
- Sunderland 006B · E01008787
- Middle layer super output area
- Sunderland 006 · E02001796
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 SR6
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 66
- Primary
- 37
- Secondary
- 9
- 308 m
Redby Academy
Academy converter
- 457 m
St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 595 m
Dame Dorothy Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 4,343
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 1,085
- Shoplifting 1,020
- Anti social behaviour 451
- Criminal damage and arson 358
- Public order 323
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SR6 9 residents
- 8,061
Age bands in SR6 9
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 12.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.9%
- Age 25 to 44
- 20.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 30.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 27.4%
994 residents
729 residents
1,712 residents
2,507 residents
2,239 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
24
within 5 km straight-line
ST BEDE MEDICAL CENTRE
LOWER DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0QQ
ODS code A89016
631 m
MONKWEARMOUTH HEALTH CENTRE
DUNDAS STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR6 0AB
ODS code A89040
726 m
FULWELL MEDICAL CENTRE,
EBDON LANE, SUNDERLAND, SR6 8DZ
ODS code A89015
1.3 km
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL GROUP
SOUTHWICK HEALTH CENTRE, THE GREEN, SOUTHWICK, SUNDERLAND, SR5 2LT
ODS code A89019
1.5 km
ASHBURN MEDICAL CENTRE
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89018
1.6 km
RIVERVIEW SURGERY
RIVERVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, BOROUGH ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2HJ
ODS code A89002
1.6 km
THE NEW CITY MEDICAL GROUP
TATHAM STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR1 2QB
ODS code A89013
1.7 km
MILLFIELD MEDICAL GROUP
63-83 HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7AF
ODS code A89017
1.8 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
1-6 CITY GREEN, SUNDERLAND, SR2 7BA
ODS code A89034
2.1 km
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL GROUP
DEERNESS PARK MEDICAL CENTRE, SUFFOLK STREET, HENDON, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AD
ODS code A89001
2.2 km
FORGE MEDICAL PRACTICE
THE OLD FORGE SURGERY, PALLION PARK, SUNDERLAND, SR4 6QE
ODS code A89020
2.4 km
VILLETTE SURGERY
SUFFOLK STREET, SUNDERLAND, SR2 8AX
ODS code A89005
2.5 km
HYLTON MEDICAL GROUP
PALLION H.C, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89031
2.6 km
PALLION FAMILY PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89007
2.6 km
PALLION PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code Y01262
2.6 km
WEARSIDE MEDICAL PRACTICE
PALLION HEALTH CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7XF
ODS code A89006
2.6 km
CHESTER SURGERY
215 CHESTER ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR4 7TU
ODS code A89623
2.7 km
RED HOUSE MEDICAL CENTRE
RED HOUSE SURGERY, 127 RENFREW ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR5 5PS
ODS code A89008
3.0 km
WHITBURN SURGERY
3 BRYERS STREET, WHITBURN, SUNDERLAND, SR6 7EE
ODS code A88023
3.8 km
SPRINGWELL MEDICAL GROUP
SPRINGWELL ROAD, SUNDERLAND, SR3 4HG
ODS code A89027
4.3 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Gladstone Street-Roker Baths Road
BCT · Roker
- 0.1 miles
Fulwell Road-Roker Baths Road
BCT · Fulwell
- 0.1 miles
Roker Baths Road-Kingston Terrace
BCT · Fulwell
- 0.1 miles
Roker Bath Road-Hampden Road
BCT · Fulwell
- 0.1 miles
Fulwell Road-All Saints Church
BCT · Roker
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sunderland 006B, 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
7,942 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 2 of 10
- Crime
- 1 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
4,343 published events cover 12 months, averaging 361.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,085 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.