Total Crime Rate

70.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Leechmere Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 417th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leechmere Road (SR2 9JG) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.3% lower than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leechmere Road (SR2 9JG), the main crime hotspot is near Hardgate Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Leechmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halidon Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardgate Road —
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Data Sources

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