Crime Rates at Thornton Court, Washington, NE38 7QL

Thornton Court area has the 20th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Washington Central , and the 370th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thornton Court (NE38 7QL) in the last 12 months was 100.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.9% lower than the Washington Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -82.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Court (NE38 7QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newstead Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.