Total Crime Rate
264.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
167.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Telford Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 61st highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Telford Road (SR3 4JE) in the last 12 months was 264.0 per 1,000 residents and was 251.0% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 167.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Telford Road (SR3 4JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorney Close Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grindon Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grindon Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Truro Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Truro Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twickenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twickenham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorney Close Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorney Close Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Road | Under investigation |
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