Total Crime Rate
27.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mowbray Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 186th lowest crime rate of 922 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 Mowbray Road (SR2 8HU) in the last 12 months was 27.8 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mowbray Road (SR2 8HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Egerton Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Toward Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Peel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mowbray Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mowbray Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Toward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Peel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Peel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Egerton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salem Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toward Road | Under investigation |
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