Washington
Washington is covered by postcode districts NE37, NE38, NE85, SR4 and SR5. It is mostly in the Sunderland council area: 1,185 of its 1,188 postcodes. The others are in County Durham.
Every postcode in Washington, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 15
- In use before 2020: 1,173
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,188 postcodes in Washington that ONS places, 15 are new since 2020 and 1,173 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 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 54.9024, longitude -1.5258. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. NE37 9FA, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Washington?
Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 965 of the 1,171 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 8 of its 1,188 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heworth, 5.8 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 Washington?
Homes in Washington sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 466 sales, down 0.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £324,998 104 sales
- Semi-detached £172,000 151 sales
- Terraced £126,000 157 sales
- Flat or maisonette £50,500 54 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole NE38 district, Washington's main postcode district: a typical £162,500.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Washington: 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 Washington?
15 of the 1,188 postcodes now in use in Washington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 573 homes sold in Washington were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE38 district, 0%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Washington | Across the NE38 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 8 of 466 (2%) | 0 of 296 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 18 of 573 (3%) | 0 of 346 (0%) |
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 Washington?
Ofcom reports on 1,171 of the 1,188 postcodes in Washington. At 965 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Washington at risk of flooding?
8 of the 1,188 postcodes in Washington 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.
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 Washington?
The open schools at the postcodes in Washington (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). 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
- Wessington Primary School250 m 218 pupils, 312 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington350 m 227 pupils, 236 places
- Biddick Primary School750 m 285 pupils, 336 places
- Albany Village Primary School900 m 214 pupils, 210 places
- John F Kennedy Primary School1.0 km 412 pupils, 441 places
- Barmston Village Primary School1.1 km 206 pupils, 210 places
- St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington1.1 km 178 pupils, 223 places
- Oxclose Primary Academy1.3 km 183 pupils, 210 places
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 Washington?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Washington is Heworth Rail Station, 5.8 km away in a straight line.
- Heworth Rail Station Railway station 5.8 kmDrive
- Chester-le-Street Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
- Brockley Whins Rail Station Railway station 7.6 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 Washington?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Washington, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Galleries Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 543 5555 550 mWalk
- Sunderland Gp Alliance Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 416 6130 550 mWalk
- Concord Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 417 3557 1.2 kmCycle
- New Washington Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 415 5656 1.2 kmCycle
- The Stephenson Medical Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report December 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 0191 416 2578 1.2 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Washington safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,000 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Washington 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
- 357 September 2025
- 305 October 2025
- 298 November 2025
- 310 December 2025
- 113 January 2026
- 171 February 2026
- 226 March 2026
- 244 April 2026
- 249 May 2026
- 238 June 2026
- 277 July 2026
- 212 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 85, robbery 44, drugs 33, possession of weapons 20, theft from the person 12, bicycle theft 7.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Washington?
- Councils
- Sunderland (1,185) and County Durham (3)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Washington and Gateshead South (1,183), North Durham (3) and Houghton and Sunderland South (2)
- Police force areas
- Northumbria (1,185) and Durham (3)
- Region
- North East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Washington
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Washington is in Sunderland; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Sunderland about council tax Council tax, on sunderland.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Washington
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Washington postcodes
1,188 postcodes in use in Washington, by district:
Those districts are in the NE postcode area and SR postcode area.
Check a Washington postcode
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 Washington
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Washington's £155,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Washington
- What is it like to live in Washington?
- Homes sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.6% on the 12 months before. At 965 of the 1,171 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 8 of its 1,188 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Heworth, 5.8 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 Washington?
- Washington is covered by postcode districts NE37, NE38, NE85, SR4 and SR5, across 1,188 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Washington?
- Homes in Washington sold for a typical £155,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 466 sales, down 0.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Washington?
- In Washington, primary schools at its postcodes include Wessington Primary School, St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington and Biddick Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Washington Academy, Biddick Academy and Oxclose Community Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Washington have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Washington is Heworth, 5.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Washington?
- Ofcom reports on 1,171 of the 1,188 postcodes in Washington. At 965 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Washington at risk of flooding?
- 8 of the 1,188 postcodes in Washington 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 Washington?
- 15 of the 1,188 postcodes now in use in Washington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 18 of the 573 homes sold in Washington were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the NE38 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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