Power cut in Sunderland

1 live incident affecting Sunderland right now.

Covers the SR1, SR2, SR3, SR4, SR5, SR6 postcode districts. We’ve recorded 16 power cuts in Sunderland in the last 14 days. Based on incidents we’ve recorded here, Sunderland is covered by Northern Powergrid -- see our operator directory for their number and website.

Current incidents

• active Northern Powergrid

  SR2 0ES, SR2 0EY, SR2 0EU, SR2 0EX, SR2 0

  Started: 07 Oct, 12:52

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): between 07 Oct, 19:30 and 07 Oct, 20:30

  Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~98

  The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area. If you need to report an emergency, please call 105

Last outages

• restored Northern Powergrid

  SR2 0BF, SR2 0BY, SR2 0

  Started: 07 Oct, 13:40

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): between 07 Oct, 16:15 and 07 Oct, 17:15

  Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~13

  The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area. If you need to report an emergency, please call 105

• active Northern Powergrid

  SR2 0ES, SR2 0EY, SR2 0EU, SR2 0EX, SR2 0

  Started: 07 Oct, 12:52

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): between 07 Oct, 19:30 and 07 Oct, 20:30

  Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~98

  The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area. If you need to report an emergency, please call 105

• restored Northern Powergrid

  SR1 3JE, SR1 3NX, SR1 3

  Started: 07 Oct, 11:20

  Restoration estimate (operator's own, not guaranteed): between 07 Oct, 14:00 and 07 Oct, 15:00

  Customers affected (operator's estimate): ~3

  The power cut affecting your property has been caused by an unexpected problem with the cables or equipment that serve your area. If you need to report an emergency, please call 105

Last 14 days

"Sunderland" is an Office for National Statistics "Built-up Area", not an administrative district -- it covers the built-up extent of the town, which may include neighbouring postcode areas. The outline on the map is that boundary, simplified for display. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

If your power is off right now, call 105, free, 24/7 -- we're an information service, not the operator. See the operator directory for who covers this area, or our FAQ if you think you may be due compensation.

We've been collecting outage data since 12 September 2026.

Postcode sectors covered

Every postcode sector this page's data is drawn from -- 26 in total.

• SR1 1
• SR1 2
• SR1 3
• SR2 0
• SR2 7
• SR2 8
• SR2 9
• SR3 1
• SR3 2
• SR3 3
• SR3 4
• SR4 0
• SR4 6
• SR4 7
• SR4 8
• SR4 9
• SR5 1
• SR5 2
• SR5 3
• SR5 4
• SR5 5
• SR5 9
• SR6 0
• SR6 7
• SR6 8
• SR6 9