Houghton South & Hetton Downs
WardSouth Sunderland. About 11,255 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 15 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 61% of people in Houghton South & Hetton Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Houghton South & Hetton Downs compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Houghton South & Hetton Downs safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Houghton South & Hetton Downs at a rate of 74.1 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, 84 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Houghton South & Hetton Downs.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (262), anti-social behaviour (185) and other crime (141).
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 South & Hetton Downs alone. See Sunderland
Houghton South & Hetton Downs in brief
Houghton South & Hetton Downs had 10,855 usual residents at the census.
About 61% of people in Houghton South & Hetton Downs live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Houghton South & Hetton Downs, 96.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Houghton South & Hetton Downs, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.