Total Crime Rate

46.7 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 46.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Plantation Square area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plantation Square (SR4 6PB) in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plantation Square (SR4 6PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mortimer Street, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Felsham Square (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plantation Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortimer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warennes Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mortimer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Felsham Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falmouth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Falmouth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences General Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order General Havelock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Minton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fourstones Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fourstones Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Warennes Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfred Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Street

Data Sources

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