Total Crime Rate
168.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hendon Valley Road area has the 34th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 140th 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 Hendon Valley Road (SR2 8LF) in the last 12 months was 168.4 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 88.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hendon Valley Road (SR2 8LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marion Street, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Athol Road (18 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 | Athol Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clementina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Noble Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capulet Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capulet Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hyde Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clementina Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mainsforth Terrace West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tel-El-Kebir Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tel-El-Kebir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bambro' Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Athol Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Athol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Athol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hendon Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marion Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Edith Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Villette Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaumont Street | Under investigation |
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