Total Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holmlands Park South 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 Holmlands Park South (SR2 7SG) 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 Holmlands Park South (SR2 7SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thornhill Gardens, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willow Bank Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Thornhill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashbrooke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belle Vue Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tunstall Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cross Vale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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