Total Crime Rate

175.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.8 9/10
  • Public order 19.5 9/10
  • Drugs 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Leechmere Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Ryhope , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leechmere Way (SR2 0DH) in the last 12 months was 175.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% higher than the Ryhope average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leechmere Way (SR2 0DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Attlee Grove, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poplar Grove (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leechmere Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rye View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Attlee Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rye View Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lyngrove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lynthorpe Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lilian Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rye View Road —
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Data Sources

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