Crime Rate in Silksworth, ward

Silksworth has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Sunderland district and the 2741st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 140th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in Silksworth in the last 12 months was 79.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.6% lower than the Sunderland district average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Silksworth’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 308 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 53.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 387 (≈ 29.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Silksworth ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 153 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.