Crime Rate in Hetton, ward

Hetton has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Sunderland district and the 1482nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 137th highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hetton in the last 12 months was 107.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Sunderland district average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hetton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 488 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 54.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -44.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 590 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hetton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 57 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ullswater Avenue (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.