Total Crime Rate
255.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wood Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Millfield , and the 94th highest crime rate of 926 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 Wood Street (SR4 6EP) in the last 12 months was 255.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% higher than the Millfield average (216.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood Street (SR4 6EP), the main crime hotspot is near Millfield. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Millfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Greener Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pickard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pickard Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pickard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earl Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greener Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lumley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawthorn Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gilsland Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marks Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Crescent | Under investigation |
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