diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 2e8906b73f..2e6b92527b 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
     *   [#3614](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3614): \[java] JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert doesn't consider nested classes
     *   [#3618](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3618): \[java] UnusedFormalParameter doesn't consider anonymous classes
     *   [#3630](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3630): \[java] MethodReturnsInternalArray doesn't consider anonymous classes
+*   java-design
+    *   [#3620](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3620): \[java] SingularField doesn't consider anonymous classes defined in non-private fields
 *   java-errorprone
     *   [#3624](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3624): \[java] TestClassWithoutTestCases reports wrong classes in a file
 *   java-performance
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SingularFieldRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SingularFieldRule.java
index e82d04763f..9c57f01a80 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SingularFieldRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SingularFieldRule.java
@@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ public class SingularFieldRule extends AbstractLombokAwareRule {
         boolean disallowNotAssignment = getProperty(DISALLOW_NOT_ASSIGNMENT);
 
         if (!node.isPrivate() || node.isStatic()) {
-            return data;
+            return super.visit(node, data);
         }
 
         if (hasClassLombokAnnotation() || hasIgnoredAnnotation(node)) {
-            return data;
+            return super.visit(node, data);
         }
 
         // lombok.EqualsAndHashCode is a class-level annotation
         if (hasIgnoredAnnotation((Annotatable) node.getFirstParentOfType(ASTAnyTypeDeclaration.class))) {
-            return data;
+            return super.visit(node, data);
         }
 
         for (ASTVariableDeclarator declarator : node.findChildrenOfType(ASTVariableDeclarator.class)) {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class SingularFieldRule extends AbstractLombokAwareRule {
                 addViolation(data, node, new Object[] { declaration.getImage() });
             }
         }
-        return data;
+        return super.visit(node, data);
     }
 
     private boolean isInAssignment(Node potentialStatement) {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SwitchDensityRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SwitchDensityRule.java
index 3299c585d1..8567fef925 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SwitchDensityRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/SwitchDensityRule.java
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public class SwitchDensityRule extends AbstractStatisticalJavaRule {
     }
 
     public SwitchDensityRule() {
-        super();
         setProperty(MINIMUM_DESCRIPTOR, 10d);
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ public class SwitchDensityRule extends AbstractStatisticalJavaRule {
 
         SwitchDensity density = new SwitchDensity();
 
-        node.childrenAccept(this, density);
+        super.visit(node, density);
 
         DataPoint point = new DataPoint();
         point.setNode(node);
@@ -86,9 +85,7 @@ public class SwitchDensityRule extends AbstractStatisticalJavaRule {
             ((SwitchDensity) data).addStatement();
         }
 
-        statement.childrenAccept(this, data);
-
-        return data;
+        return super.visit(statement, data);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ public class SwitchDensityRule extends AbstractStatisticalJavaRule {
             ((SwitchDensity) data).addSwitchLabel();
         }
 
-        switchLabel.childrenAccept(this, data);
-        return data;
+        return super.visit(switchLabel, data);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule.java
index be73e9f279..5ca3e3f5fb 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule.java
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule;
 public class AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
     public AvoidMultipleUnaryOperatorsRule() {
-        super.addRuleChainVisit(ASTUnaryExpression.class);
-        super.addRuleChainVisit(ASTUnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus.class);
+        addRuleChainVisit(ASTUnaryExpression.class);
+        addRuleChainVisit(ASTUnaryExpressionNotPlusMinus.class);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule.java
index c91705bfe2..bf21173584 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
     public AvoidUsingOctalValuesRule() {
         definePropertyDescriptor(STRICT_METHODS_DESCRIPTOR);
+        addRuleChainVisit(ASTLiteral.class);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/CheckSkipResultRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/CheckSkipResultRule.java
index 3b5710f780..bf12f843ee 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/CheckSkipResultRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/CheckSkipResultRule.java
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.symboltable.NameOccurrence;
 
 public class CheckSkipResultRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
+    public CheckSkipResultRule() {
+        addRuleChainVisit(ASTVariableDeclaratorId.class);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Object visit(ASTVariableDeclaratorId node, Object data) {
         if (!TypeTestUtil.isA(InputStream.class, node.getTypeNode())) {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SingularField.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SingularField.xml
index 4702f1dd2e..09496df92f 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SingularField.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SingularField.xml
@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@
     <test-code>
         <description>failure case</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>3</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
-            public class Foo {
+public class Foo {
 
-                private int x;
+    private int x;
 
-                int bar(int y) {
+    int bar(int y) {
         x = y + 5;
         return x;
-                }
-            }
+    }
+}
             ]]></code>
     </test-code>
 
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>Reuse variable name as params in method calls</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>2</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private Integer x = new Integer(1);
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>failure, static</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>2</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private int x;
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>failure, second method re-uses class level name</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>2</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private int x;
@@ -308,6 +312,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>1409944, fields not used to synchronize should trigger</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>3</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private final Object sync = new Object();
@@ -365,6 +370,7 @@ public class Foo {
         <description>Not ok, since inner classes are checked</description>
         <rule-property name="checkInnerClasses">true</rule-property>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>3</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private class Bar {
@@ -387,6 +393,7 @@ public class Foo {
         <description>Not ok, violation with first usage = non-assignment</description>
         <rule-property name="disallowNotAssignment">true</rule-property>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>2</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private int x;
@@ -429,6 +436,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>multiple fields on same line</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>2</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
     private int x, foo;
@@ -572,6 +580,7 @@ public class Outer {
     <test-code>
         <description>[java] SingularField: Lombok false positive with annotated inner class</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>9</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 import lombok.Data;
 
@@ -751,4 +760,44 @@ public class Foo {
             }
             ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>failure case with anonymous class</description>
+        <expected-problems>4</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>4,13,20,23</expected-linenumbers>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void myMethod() {
+        Object o = new Object() {
+            private int x;
+
+            int bar(int y) {
+                x = y + 5;
+                return x;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    Object field = new Object() {
+        private int x;
+
+        int bar(int y) {
+            x = y + 5;
+            return x;
+        }
+    };
+    private Object doubleSingular;
+    Object doBar(final int y) {
+        doubleSingular = new Object() {
+            private int x;
+
+            int bar() {
+                x = y + 5;
+                return x;
+            }
+        };
+        return doubleSingular;
+    }
+}
+            ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SwitchDensity.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SwitchDensity.xml
index 8d3c5fc1e2..c1f09d441f 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SwitchDensity.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/design/xml/SwitchDensity.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         <description>Five stmts in one switch case, should be flagged</description>
         <rule-property name="minimum">4</rule-property>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>4</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 // Switch Density = 5.0
 public class SwitchDensity1 {
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/CheckSkipResult.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/CheckSkipResult.xml
index 2c2bc31c5e..b398fe2a51 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/CheckSkipResult.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/CheckSkipResult.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     <test-code>
         <description>failure case</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>8</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ public class Foo {
     <test-code>
         <description>failure case but obfuscated</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <expected-linenumbers>8</expected-linenumbers>
         <code><![CDATA[
 import java.io.FileInputStream;