Total Crime Rate
45.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rushton Avenue area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 332nd lowest crime rate of 922 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 Rushton Avenue (SR2 7TA) in the last 12 months was 45.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% lower than the Barnes average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rushton Avenue (SR2 7TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Manila Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Matanzas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cairo Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hastings Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manila Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manila Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Winalot Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rudyard Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rudyard Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rainford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tel-El-Kebir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tel-El-Kebir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belford Road | Under investigation |
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