Total Crime Rate

156.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 63.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.1 7/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Nilverton Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 157th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nilverton Avenue (SR2 7TS) in the last 12 months was 156.5 per 1,000 residents and was 108.1% higher than the Barnes average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 416.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nilverton Avenue (SR2 7TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Glen (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nilverton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nilverton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Leominster Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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