Houghton North
WardSouth west Sunderland. About 12,235 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.6 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 32% of people in Houghton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Houghton North compares
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Is Houghton North safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Houghton North at a rate of 87.9 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, 77 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Houghton North.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (297), anti-social behaviour (197) and shoplifting (156).
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 ward, so they describe all of Sunderland and not Houghton North alone. See Sunderland
Houghton North in brief
Houghton North had 11,032 usual residents at the census.
About 32% of people in Houghton North live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Houghton North, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Houghton North, 3.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.