Total Crime Rate

99.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.0 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Bishop Morton Grove area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 304th 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 Bishop Morton Grove (SR1 2RX) in the last 12 months was 99.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.3% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishop Morton Grove (SR1 2RX), 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 Bishop Morton Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Clementina Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Street —
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 2026Other theft Tatham Street Back Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tatham Street Back Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Salem Terrace —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mordey Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nicholson Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hendon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Osman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Osman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Villiers Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Menvill Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Menvill Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bishopton Street —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bishopton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Menvill Place —
Apr 2026Burglary Lindsay Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Menvill Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nicholson Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clementina Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Finchale Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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