Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tunstall Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 50th lowest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tunstall Road (SR2 7RR) in the last 12 months was 11.8 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the Barnes average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tunstall Road (SR2 7RR), the main crime hotspot is near Avenue Terrace. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornhill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Avenue Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belle Vue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunstall Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbrooke Road | — |
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