Total Crime Rate
158.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sulgrave Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Washington North , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 922 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 Sulgrave Road (NE37 3DE) in the last 12 months was 158.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% higher than the Washington North average (128.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sulgrave Road (NE37 3DE), the main crime hotspot is near Marlborough Road. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Washington North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pensher View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marlborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pensher View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pensher View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pensher View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shalstone | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marlborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sulgrave Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sulgrave Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Brackley | Under investigation |
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