Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Springwell Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Springwell Road (SR3 4DZ) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% higher than the Barnes average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 225.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 108.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 180.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springwell Road (SR3 4DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Grindon Lane. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Barnes| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shaftoe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Silloth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Woodland Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selkirk Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Simonside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Silloth Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindon Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunningdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindon Lane | Under investigation |
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