Total Crime Rate

309.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 309.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 100.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Public order 28.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.8 9/10
  • Burglary 12.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.3 6/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hardgate Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 64th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hardgate Road (SR2 9LG) in the last 12 months was 309.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% higher than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 121.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hardgate Road (SR2 9LG), 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 Hardgate Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westheath Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westheath Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hill View Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hardgate Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hardgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hill View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halidon Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sea View Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sea View Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill View Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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