Crime Rates at Borough Road, Sunderland, SR1 1PL

Borough Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 4th highest crime rate of 922 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 Borough Road (SR1 1PL) in the last 12 months was 1735.0 per 1,000 residents and was 680.1% 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 298 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 381 (≈ 1041.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Borough Road (SR1 1PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterloo Place, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1294 (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.