Total Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tanfield Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 102nd 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 Tanfield Road (SR3 4LB) in the last 12 months was 18.9 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tanfield Road (SR3 4LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Thorndale Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorney Close Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorney Close Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abercorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arbroath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Torquay Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Agar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Truro Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Truro Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorney Close Road | Under investigation |
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