Total Crime Rate

76.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 76.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.5 7/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tunstall Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 455th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tunstall Road (SR2 7RS) in the last 12 months was 76.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tunstall Road (SR2 7RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Avenue, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Azalea Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tunstall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashbrooke Cross Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Willow Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avenue Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft The Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thornhill Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valebrooke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Valebrooke Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Tunstall Vale Under investigation

Data Sources

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