Crime Rates at Villette Road, Sunderland, SR2 8RA

Villette Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hendon , and the 188th 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 Road (SR2 8RA) in the last 12 months was 144.2 per 1,000 residents and was 35.2% lower than the Hendon average (222.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Villette Road (SR2 8RA), 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.