Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Allendale Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Chad's , and the 435th highest crime rate of 922 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 Allendale Road (SR3 3EW) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.2% higher than the St Chad's average (58.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Allendale Road (SR3 3EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashford Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Augusta Square (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Caernarvon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aston Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aston Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silksworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silksworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silksworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashdown Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ardrossan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aldwych Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldwych Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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