Crime Rates at West Wear Street, Sunderland, SR1 1XD

West Wear Street area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 350th 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 West Wear Street (SR1 1XD) in the last 12 months was 87.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% lower than the Hendon average (222.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -35.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Wear Street (SR1 1XD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prince Street, where police recorded 133 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.