Crime Rates at West Sunniside, Sunderland, SR1 1BH

West Sunniside area has the 7th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 22nd 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 West Sunniside (SR1 1BH) in the last 12 months was 557.8 per 1,000 residents and was 110.0% higher than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 255.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Sunniside (SR1 1BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fawcett Street, where police recorded 124 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1294 (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.