Total Crime Rate
381.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
163.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Villette Brook Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 32nd 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 Villette Brook Street (SR2 8HF) in the last 12 months was 381.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 163.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Villette Brook Street (SR2 8HF), 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 | Bicycle theft | Athol Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manila Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | 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 | Tower Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Manila Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Athol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Villette Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villette Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Matanzas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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