Total Crime Rate

67.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.1 6/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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 17th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 393rd 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 Gray Road (SR2 8DU) in the last 12 months was 67.1 per 1,000 residents and was 74.8% lower than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gray Road (SR2 8DU), the main crime hotspot is near Beaumont Street. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 19 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salem Street South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manila Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manila Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaumont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montpellier Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salem Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salem Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Lucia Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft China Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Toward Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grey Towers —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mowbray Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mowbray Road —
Sep 2025Public order Manila Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Salem Street South —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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