Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunningdale Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 86th highest crime rate of 922 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 Sunningdale Road (SR3 4HE) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 195.5% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 132.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunningdale Road (SR3 4HE), the main crime hotspot is near Strathmore Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 17 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 | Burglary | Shaftoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Primate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sefton Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Strathmore Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Strathmore Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftoe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Strathmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silloth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Strathmore Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A690 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A690 | Under investigation |
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