Total Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holborn Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 213th lowest crime rate of 926 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 Holborn Road (SR4 8AR) in the last 12 months was 38.8 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% lower than the Pallion average (94.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holborn Road (SR4 8AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Broadway, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Friar Square (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Pallion| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainford Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hollinside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hexham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hartford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hartford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Halesworth Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollinside Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Henley Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Priestman Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holborn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Friar Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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