Total Crime Rate

127.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Townsend Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 291st highest crime rate of 926 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 Townsend Road (SR3 4LW) in the last 12 months was 127.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Barnes average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 73.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Townsend Road (SR3 4LW), the main crime hotspot is near Thorndale Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Townsend Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorney Close Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thorndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorndale Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Abercorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alloa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Truro Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tynemouth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Truro Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aboyne Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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