Total Crime Rate
110.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fenton Square area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 264th highest crime rate of 922 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 Fenton Square (SR4 0BZ) in the last 12 months was 110.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Pallion average (75.0 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fenton Square (SR4 0BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Friar Square, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Felstead Crescent (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydon Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harrow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Felstead Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Felstead Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestman Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sapphire Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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