Total Crime Rate

126.3 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 126.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 16.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Ferndale Terrace area has the 14th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 293rd highest 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 Ferndale Terrace (SR4 6SG) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferndale Terrace (SR4 6SG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ferndale Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ferndale Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Minton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Mortimer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mortimer Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lyndhurst Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Lyndhurst Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lyndhurst Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pallion Subway
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pallion Subway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Palermo Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Enfield Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Moorland Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moorland Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortimer Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheridan Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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