Total Crime Rate

90.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 90.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 51.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Toward Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Matanzas Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Cuba Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Salem Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salem Street South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Villette Brook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Villette Brook Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Beaumont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Villette Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Villette Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Bambro' Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hendon Valley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hendon Valley Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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