Total Crime Rate

100.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorney Close Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 302nd 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 Thorney Close Road (SR3 4LL) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorney Close Road (SR3 4LL), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Thorney Close Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Abercorn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Trent Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Townsend Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Truro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Truro Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorney Close Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Arbroath Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thistle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taunton Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Thorney Close Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Trent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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