Total Crime Rate
579.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
236.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tunstall Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 16th highest crime rate of 922 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 Tunstall Road (SR2 7JP) in the last 12 months was 579.0 per 1,000 residents and was 160.3% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 236.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tunstall Road (SR2 7JP), the main crime hotspot is near Derwent Street. Police recorded 395 crimes here, including 264 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princess Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Worcester Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Worcester Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Worcester Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Derwent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Derwent Street | — |
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