Total Crime Rate

321.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 321.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 77.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.3 10/10
  • Burglary 25.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.8 10/10
  • Public order 14.8 8/10
  • Drugs 11.1 9/10
  • Other crime 11.1 10/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Glendale Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Washington North , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Glendale Avenue (NE37 2JS) in the last 12 months was 321.0 per 1,000 residents and was 108.8% higher than the Washington North average (153.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 118.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glendale Avenue (NE37 2JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Avenue (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glendale Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wensleydale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wensleydale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Weardale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albany Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wensleydale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albany Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albany Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Drive
Sep 2025Other crime North Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Way
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albany Way
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albany Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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