Total Crime Rate

322.7 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 322.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 180.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.5 10/10
  • Public order 24.8 10/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Purley Square area has the 4th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 57th 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 Purley Square (SR3 1RG) in the last 12 months was 322.7 per 1,000 residents and was 225.9% higher than the Barnes average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Purley Square (SR3 1RG), the main crime hotspot is near Strathmore Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Purley Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Paton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Primate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strathmore Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Primate Road —
Sep 2025Public order Primate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Primate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paignton Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strathmore Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pancras Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pancras Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Polmuir Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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