Total Crime Rate

145.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 145.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Gray Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 234th highest crime rate of 926 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 Gray Road (SR2 8BW) in the last 12 months was 145.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 75.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gray Road (SR2 8BW), the main crime hotspot is near Tel-El-Kebir Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gray Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emma Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ernest Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lucia Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salem Street South —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salem Street South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salem Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salem Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tel-El-Kebir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tel-El-Kebir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaumont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Burn Avenue West Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clementina Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnabas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Burn Avenue West Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clementina Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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