Total Crime Rate
236.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Glebe Centre area has the 4th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Washington Central , and the 74th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Glebe Centre (NE38 7PX) in the last 12 months was 236.4 per 1,000 residents and was 145.6% higher than the Washington Central average (96.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 115.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Glebe Centre (NE38 7PX), the main crime hotspot is near Newstead Court. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Washington Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Anne Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleeve Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Talley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Talley Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Talley Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Roche Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gertrude Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosehip Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleeve Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newstead Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newstead Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Talley Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bede Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryburgh | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Newstead Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newstead Court | — |
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