Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Villette Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 350th highest crime rate of 926 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 8RJ) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 42.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.9% ).

In the area around Villette Road (SR2 8RJ), the main crime hotspot is near Tel-El-Kebir Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Villette Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Athol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barnabas Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Noble Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Athol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Athol Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marion Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Athol Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Burn Avenue West Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Villette Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Villette Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Villette Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Villette Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tel-El-Kebir Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaumont Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canon Cockin Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salem Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hendon Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edith Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Capulet Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaumont Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Capulet Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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