Total Crime Rate
90.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Toward Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 341st 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 Toward Road (SR2 8JF) in the last 12 months was 90.1 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Toward Road (SR2 8JF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Capulet Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Matanzas Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cuba Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capulet Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Salem Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salem Street South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Villette Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Villette Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Petrol Station | 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bambro' Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
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