Crime Rate in St Chad's, ward

St Chad's has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 wards in Sunderland district and the 3319th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 77th lowest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Chad's in the last 12 months was 58.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% lower than the Sunderland district average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Chad's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 170 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 231 (≈ 24.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Chad's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Allendale Road, with 63 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Amsterdam Road (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.