Total Crime Rate

557.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 557.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 173.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 91.8 10/10
  • Public order 51.0 10/10
  • Burglary 40.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 40.8 10/10
  • Other theft 37.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.6 10/10
  • Other crime 27.2 10/10
  • Robbery 20.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 13.6 6/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street East area has the 7th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 926 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 High Street East (SR1 2AU) in the last 12 months was 557.8 per 1,000 residents and was 110.0% higher than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -52.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 255.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street East (SR1 2AU), the main crime hotspot is near Borough Road. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 38 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 (30/31)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Mauds Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cross Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Low Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Low Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Low Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Low Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Russell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Russell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Press Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sunderland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Mauds Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mauds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bodlewell Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Villiers Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mauds Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Press Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Panns Bank —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Norfolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary North Durham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Donnison Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Queen Street East Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Low Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sunderland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Donnison Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Borough Road —
Sep 2025Public order Borough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sunderland Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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