Total Crime Rate

131.4 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 131.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.1 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

St Lukes Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 274th 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 St Lukes Road (SR4 0HE) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Lukes Road (SR4 0HE), the main crime hotspot is near Polebrook Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Lukes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Palmstead Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pitcairn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Prestwick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Polebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Polebrook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prescot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pitcairn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pitcairn Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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