Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thorney 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.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Abercorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Townsend 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Arbroath Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Thorney Close Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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