Crime Rate in St Peter's, ward

St Peter's has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 wards in Sunderland district and the 839th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (North East), it has the 91st highest crime rate of 343 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Peter's in the last 12 months was 135.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% higher than the Sunderland district average (120.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Peter's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 359 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 7 cases , up 16.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 480.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -51.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 487 (≈ 45.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Peter's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Wearmouth Street, with 136 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Dixon'S Square (42 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.