Crime Rates at William Street, Sunderland, SR1 1UL

William 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 William Street (SR1 1UL) 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 William Street (SR1 1UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fawcett Street, where police recorded 102 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.