Houghton-le-Spring

Houghton-le-Spring is covered by postcode districts DH4 and DH5. It is in the Sunderland council area, England.

Typical price £152,475 Homes sold in Houghton-le-Spring, last 12 months. ▲ 11.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 273 of 322 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 17 of 328 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Houghton-le-Spring, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Houghton-le-Spring, by flood risk Of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A690A182 DH4 4AB: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AD: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AF: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AH: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AL: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AP: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AR: not on the flood risk listDH4 4AZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BA: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BB: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BD: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BF: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BH: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BN: not on the flood risk listDH4 4BW: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DE: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DG: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DH: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DJ: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DN: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DP: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DR: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DS: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DT: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DU: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DX: not on the flood risk listDH4 4DY: 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risk listDH4 6NY: not on the flood risk listDH4 6NZ: not on the flood risk listDH4 6PG: not on the flood risk listDH4 6PS: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AA: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AE: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AG: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AH: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AL: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AN: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AP: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AR: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AS: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AT: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AU: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AW: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AX: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AY: not on the flood risk listDH5 8AZ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BA: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BB: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BD: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BE: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BG: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BH: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8BL: 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risk listDH5 8EQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8ER: not on the flood risk listDH5 8ES: not on the flood risk listDH5 8ET: not on the flood risk listDH5 8EU: not on the flood risk listDH5 8EW: not on the flood risk listDH5 8EX: not on the flood risk listDH5 8EY: not on the flood risk listDH5 8GA: not on the flood risk listDH5 8GB: not on the flood risk listDH5 8GY: not on the flood risk listDH5 8GZ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HA: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HB: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HD: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HF: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HG: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HH: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HL: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HN: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HR: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HS: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HT: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HU: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HW: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HX: not on the flood risk listDH5 8HY: 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risk listDH5 8LT: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NB: not on the flood risk listDH5 8ND: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NE: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NF: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NH: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NJ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NN: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NP: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NQ: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NW: not on the flood risk listDH5 8NX: not on the flood risk listDH5 8PA: not on the flood risk listDH5 8PB: not on the flood risk listDH5 8PF: not on the flood risk listDH5 8QA: not on the flood risk listDH5 9NS: not on the flood risk listDH4 5DH: low flood risk at worstDH4 5DN: low flood risk at worstDH4 5PX: low flood risk at worstDH4 5PY: low flood risk at worstDH4 5PZ: low flood risk at worstDH4 5QA: low flood risk at worstDH5 9NP: low flood risk at worstDH5 8NG: medium flood risk at worstDH5 8NL: medium flood risk at worstDH5 8NR: medium flood risk at worstDH5 8NS: medium flood risk at worstDH5 8NT: medium flood risk at worstDH5 9NW: medium flood risk at worstDH5 9PD: medium flood risk at worstDH4 5NL: high flood riskDH5 9NN: high flood riskDH5 9NR: high flood risk Houghton-le-Spring 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DH5 9NN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Houghton-le-Spring, by flood risk Of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 9 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Houghton-le-Spring. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Houghton-le-Spring 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to DH5 9NN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 7
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 311
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 7 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst and 311 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 54.8426, longitude -1.4731. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

DH4 5NL8 at high riskDH5 9NN2 at high riskDH5 9NR1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. DH5 9NN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Houghton-le-Spring?

Homes sold for a typical £152,475 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 273 of the 322 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 328 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 6.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Houghton-le-Spring?

Homes in Houghton-le-Spring sold for a typical £152,475 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 11.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£152,475 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£137,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 11.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £245,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £149,950 64 sales
  • Terraced £94,500 36 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole DH4 district, Houghton-le-Spring's main postcode district: a typical £155,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Houghton-le-Spring: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Houghton-le-Spring?

13 of the 328 postcodes now in use in Houghton-le-Spring came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 183 homes sold in Houghton-le-Spring were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH4 district, 23%.

The newest postcodes

DH4 9EYsince February 2026DH4 9ETsince July 2025DH4 5AWsince November 2021DH4 4FBsince July 2021DH4 4FAsince February 2021DH4 6FHsince November 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Houghton-le-SpringAcross the DH4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 134 (0%) 28 of 389 (7%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 183 (0%) 136 of 592 (23%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Houghton-le-Spring?

Ofcom reports on 322 of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring. At 273 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit273 of 322
Postcodes where every home can get superfast306 of 322

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Houghton-le-Spring at risk of flooding?

17 of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 37 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 17 of 328 postcodes High: 11Medium: 26Low: 102Very low: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Houghton-le-Spring?

The open schools at the postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Houghton-le-Spring?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring is Chester-le-Street Rail Station, 6.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 6.9 kmDrive
  • Seaham Rail Station Railway station 8.1 kmDrive
  • Sunderland Rail Station Railway station 9.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Houghton-le-Spring?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Houghton-le-Spring safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,509 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 154 September 2025
  2. 151 October 2025
  3. 148 November 2025
  4. 143 December 2025
  5. 45 January 2026
  6. 89 February 2026
  7. 103 March 2026
  8. 167 April 2026
  9. 124 May 2026
  10. 134 June 2026
  11. 122 July 2026
  12. 129 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences413 reports
Anti-social behaviour299 reports
Shoplifting179 reports
Criminal damage and arson140 reports
Burglary113 reports
Public order90 reports
Vehicle crime76 reports
Other theft68 reports

Also: other crime 60, drugs 29, robbery 17, theft from the person 10, possession of weapons 10, bicycle theft 5.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Houghton-le-Spring?

Council
Sunderland
Parliamentary constituency
Houghton and Sunderland South
Police force area
Northumbria
Region
North East
Country
England
MP
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)

All 328 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Houghton-le-Spring

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Houghton-le-Spring postcodes

328 postcodes in use in Houghton-le-Spring, by district:

DH4 postcode district,189 postcodesDH5 postcode district,139 postcodes

Those districts are all in the DH postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Houghton-le-Spring

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Houghton-le-Spring's £152,475. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Newbottle1.7 km, £151,250Fence Houses1.9 km, £142,000Hetton-le-Hole2.7 km, £151,000Shiney Row and Penshaw3.1 km, £160,000Bournmoor3.2 km, £205,000West Rainton3.8 km, £145,000Easington Lane4.4 km, £100,000Great Lumley4.5 km, £190,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Houghton-le-Spring

What is it like to live in Houghton-le-Spring?
Homes sold for a typical £152,475 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. At 273 of the 322 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 17 of its 328 postcodes. It has 5 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chester-le-Street, 6.9 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Houghton-le-Spring?
Houghton-le-Spring is covered by postcode districts DH4 and DH5, across 328 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Houghton-le-Spring in?
Houghton-le-Spring is in the Sunderland council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Houghton-le-Spring?
Houghton-le-Spring is in the Houghton and Sunderland South parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Bridget Phillipson (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Houghton-le-Spring?
Homes in Houghton-le-Spring sold for a typical £152,475 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 134 sales, up 11.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Houghton-le-Spring?
In Houghton-le-Spring, primary schools at its postcodes include Burnside Academy Inspires, Bernard Gilpin Primary School and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton; secondary schools at its postcodes include Kepier. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Houghton-le-Spring have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring is Chester-le-Street, 6.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Houghton-le-Spring?
Ofcom reports on 322 of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring. At 273 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Houghton-le-Spring at risk of flooding?
17 of the 328 postcodes in Houghton-le-Spring have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 37 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Houghton-le-Spring?
13 of the 328 postcodes now in use in Houghton-le-Spring came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 183 homes sold in Houghton-le-Spring were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the DH4 district, 23%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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