Total Crime Rate

346.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 346.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 71.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Burglary 23.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.9 10/10
  • Other theft 19.9 10/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.0 10/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 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

Hylton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Hendon , and the 46th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hylton Road (SR4 7AA) in the last 12 months was 346.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.5% higher than the Hendon average (265.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 131.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hylton Road (SR4 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alliance Street, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Violet Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hylton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Langton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wharncliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alliance Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Back Hylton Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Back Hylton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Back Hylton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Back Hylton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Marigold Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queensberry Street
Sep 2025Other theft Queensberry Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wharncliffe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wharncliffe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Ravensworth Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Violet Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marguerite Court

Data Sources

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