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Thorney Close & Plains Farm

Middle area

North east Sunderland. 9,964 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 100% of people in Thorney Close & Plains Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£120,000
Joint 140th cheapest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
9,686
Joint 1,428th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
100%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Thorney Close & Plains Farm

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thorney Close & Plains Farm at a rate of 94.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 98.2 per 1,000 people across Sunderland.

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences374
Anti-social behaviour164
Criminal damage and arson143
Other crime143
Burglary49
Shoplifting31
Vehicle crime20
Drug offences14
Robbery5
Theft from the person3

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Thorney Close & Plains Farm compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price36 middle areas, Sunderland · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Sunderland36 areas from £73,000 to £255,000. The middle area is £145,250. Thorney Close & Plains Farm is £120,000.
£120,0007th cheapest
Population36 middle areas, Sunderland · 2021
Population: every middle area in Sunderland36 areas from 5,480 to 9,978. The middle area is 7,632. Thorney Close & Plains Farm is 9,686.
9,6864th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares36 middle areas, Sunderland · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Sunderland36 areas from 27.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 100.0%. Thorney Close & Plains Farm is 100.0%.
100%joint most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage36 middle areas, Sunderland · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Sunderland36 areas from 68.6% to 99.7%. The middle area is 96.2%. Thorney Close & Plains Farm is 98.3%.
98.3%12th highest

Is Thorney Close & Plains Farm safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Thorney Close & Plains Farm at a rate of 94.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 98.2 per 1,000 people across Sunderland.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 94 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Thorney Close & Plains Farm.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (374), anti-social behaviour (164) and criminal damage and arson (143).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Sunderland

These figures are published for the whole of Sunderland, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Sunderland and not Thorney Close & Plains Farm alone. See Sunderland

Average house price
£147,763
Up 4.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£32,744
16th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
4.5×
Joint 25th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
32.8
22nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Thorney Close & Plains Farm in brief

The median price paid for a home in Thorney Close & Plains Farm was £120,000 in 2025.

Thorney Close & Plains Farm had 9,686 usual residents at the census.

About 100% of people in Thorney Close & Plains Farm live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Thorney Close & Plains Farm, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.