6,154
Households
White Brit. · 97%
Ethnicity
Christian · 54%
Religion
High deprivation
Avg IMD
74 · 5.3 per 1k
Crimes · May '26
£142,219
Median property price
352
Postcodes
Overview of Houghton
Coordinates54.8464, -1.4872
Postcodes
352
Population (Census)
14,057
Households (Census)
6,154
Recorded crime · May '26
74 · 5.3 per 1k
Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Houghton
Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
High deprivation
Mean decile 4.05 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as High deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 4.05 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).
Sold prices in Houghton
Property sales · Houghton
HM Land Registry · Houghton
Average price
£157,187
YoY: +1.5%
Median price: £141,600
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – May '26May '26: 5 sales · avg £123,799
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£202k£154k£105k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
Transactions are hidden by default.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Police Recorded Crime in Houghton
Crime trends · Houghton
data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJun '24 – May '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
41210
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
16
YoY -50%
ASB
41210
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
14
YoY -12%
Vehicle Crime
950
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
9
YoY +12%
Burglary
1580
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
3
YoY -50%
Criminal damage
1470
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25May '26
9
YoY +29%
Demographics in Houghton
Ethnicity
White Brit.96.6%
+ other · 3.4%
Religion
Christian54.0%
No religion41.0%
Not answered4.0%
+ other · 1.0%
Age groups
50–6419.9%
35–4918.6%
25–3414.6%
65–7410.3%
10–157.2%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.4%
Households
Other16.5%
Any member 66+13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children11.5%
All members 66+9.3%
+ 7 other households · 36.3%
Schools in Houghton
Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.
Burnside Academy Inspires
Sunderland · DH4 5HB
Good
0.4 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Kepier
Sunderland · DH4 5BH
Good
0.6 mi
SecondaryStateMixed · Ages 11–16
Newbottle Primary Academy
Sunderland · DH4 4EE
Good
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
Dubmire Primary
Sunderland · DH4 6HL
Not judged
0.6 mi
PrimaryStateMixed · Ages 3–11
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.
Postcode Districts in Houghton
Postcodes in Houghton
DH4 4ABDH4 4ADDH4 4AFDH4 4AHDH4 4AJDH4 4ALDH4 4ANDH4 4APDH4 4ARDH4 4AWDH4 4AZDH4 4BADH4 4BBDH4 4BDDH4 4BFDH4 4BHDH4 4BJDH4 4BNDH4 4BWDH4 4DEDH4 4DGDH4 4DHDH4 4DJDH4 4DLDH4 4DNDH4 4DPDH4 4DRDH4 4DSDH4 4DTDH4 4DXDH4 4DYDH4 4DZDH4 4EADH4 4EBDH4 4EEDH4 4EFDH4 4EQDH4 4FADH4 4FBDH4 4GBDH4 4SGDH4 4SHDH4 4SJDH4 4SLDH4 4SQDH4 4UADH4 4UBDH4 4UDDH4 4UEDH4 4UFDH4 4UHDH4 4WLDH4 4XLDH4 4XNDH4 4XPDH4 4XRDH4 4XSDH4 4XTDH4 4XUDH4 4XWDH4 4XXDH4 4XYDH4 4XZDH4 4YADH4 4YBDH4 5AADH4 5ABDH4 5ADDH4 5AEDH4 5AFDH4 5AGDH4 5AHDH4 5AJDH4 5ALDH4 5ANDH4 5AQDH4 5ARDH4 5ASDH4 5ATDH4 5AUDH4 5AWDH4 5AXDH4 5AYDH4 5AZDH4 5BADH4 5BBDH4 5BDDH4 5BEDH4 5BGDH4 5BHDH4 5BPDH4 5BQDH4 5BWDH4 5DADH4 5DBDH4 5DDDH4 5DEDH4 5DFDH4 5DGDH4 5DHDH4 5DJDH4 5DLDH4 5DNDH4 5DPDH4 5DQDH4 5DRDH4 5DSDH4 5DTDH4 5DUDH4 5DWDH4 5DXDH4 5DYDH4 5DZDH4 5EADH4 5EBDH4 5EDDH4 5EEDH4 5EFDH4 5EGDH4 5EH