Total Crime Rate

73.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.2 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Pennant Square area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 437th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pennant Square (SR4 0EE) in the last 12 months was 73.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennant Square (SR4 0EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Polebrook Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Padgate Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pennant Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Field Square
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Peplow Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pelaw Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fawn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Prestwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Polebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Padgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gatton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Polebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Padgate Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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