Total Crime Rate

255.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

122.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 255.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 122.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Burglary 19.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Toward Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 66th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Toward Road (SR2 8DP) in the last 12 months was 255.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 122.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Toward Road (SR2 8DP), the main crime hotspot is near B1294. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 52 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Toward Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/41)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Laura Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bishopton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Egerton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B1294 Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Toward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Toward Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B1294 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laura Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Laura Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bishopton Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B1294 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salem Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Burdon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Lindsay Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Peel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Peel Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Peel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peel Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B1294 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B1294 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peel Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Foyle Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Osman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Foyle Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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