Total Crime Rate

513.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

207.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 513.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 207.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 105.4 10/10
  • Public order 54.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 54.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.4 10/10
  • Burglary 34.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.6 10/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Robbery 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Villiers Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 922 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 Villiers Street (SR1 1HA) in the last 12 months was 513.6 per 1,000 residents and was 131.0% higher 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 34.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 207.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Villiers Street (SR1 1HA), the main crime hotspot is near Borough Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Villiers Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frederick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Villiers Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Borough Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Borough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tatham Street Back Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tatham Street Back Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cork Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hendon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Low Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Mauds Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mauds Lane —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cork Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cork Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Villiers Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cross Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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