Total Crime Rate

162.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 162.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • 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

Forest Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 196th 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 Forest Road (SR4 0EA) in the last 12 months was 162.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.8% higher than the Pallion average (94.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -61.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 93.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (SR4 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poole Road, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forest Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Priestman Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Halesworth Drive —
Sep 2025Other crime Fordfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Friar Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friar Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hainford Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Fenton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fenton Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Field Square —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Henley Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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