Total Crime Rate

64.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 64.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 16.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 11.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

High Street East area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 448th lowest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street East (SR1 2AS) in the last 12 months was 64.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% lower than the Hendon average (222.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street East (SR1 2AS), 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 High Street East area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/39)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Villiers Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cork Street Under investigation
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 2026Anti-social behaviour Menvill Place —
Apr 2026Public order Cross Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Villiers Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villiers Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Menvill Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cork Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Low Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Moor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Church Street East Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mauds Lane —
Apr 2026Robbery Mauds Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Press Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson James Williams Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Press Lane —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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