Total Crime Rate

110.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

This area has the 17th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Washington Central , and the 331st highest crime rate of 926 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 This (NE38 8LQ) in the last 12 months was 110.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.3% higher than the Washington Central average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Data Sources

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