Total Crime Rate
194.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stockley Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Washington Central , and the 145th 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 Stockley Road (NE38 8EQ) in the last 12 months was 194.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.8% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stockley Road (NE38 8EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horsley Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stockley Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Washington Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Horsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waskerley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waskerley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waskerley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Horsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Horsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Horsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stockley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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