Total Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Briery Vale Close area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 363rd 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 Briery Vale Close (SR2 7HY) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Briery Vale Close (SR2 7HY), the main crime hotspot is near Worcester Terrace. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hendon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Lorne Terrace | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Valebrooke Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Valebrooke Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tunstall Vale | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Azalea Terrace South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Avenue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St George'S Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Argyle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlyon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornhill Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Ashmore Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Azalea Terrace North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Azalea Terrace North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Azalea Terrace North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Azalea Terrace North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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