Total Crime Rate

116.7 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 116.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Burglary 19.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Scruton Avenue area has the 39th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 316th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Scruton Avenue (SR3 1SE) in the last 12 months was 116.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% higher than the Barnes average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Scruton Avenue (SR3 1SE), the main crime hotspot is near Scruton Avenue. Police recorded 32 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 Scruton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Powis Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shaftesbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Tudor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shaftesbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sacriston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Premier Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Portland Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scruton Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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