Total Crime Rate
110.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nile Street area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 259th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nile Street (SR1 1EY) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% lower than the Hendon average (222.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 41.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nile Street (SR1 1EY), the main crime hotspot is near B1294. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1294 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foyle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Borough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foyle Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Press Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Press Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tatham Street Back | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Sunniside | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Sunniside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | West Sunniside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Sunniside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Sunniside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cork Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Sunniside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Villiers Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Villiers Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villiers Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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