Total Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hylton Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Millfield , and the 280th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hylton Street (SR4 7DG) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% lower than the Millfield average (183.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hylton Street (SR4 7DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Millfield, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lumley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broxbourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broxbourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broxbourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broxbourne Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wood Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadrian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millfield | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cromwell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stewart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Millfield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Aiskell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Mark'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Mark'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rokeby Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Candlish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leamington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pensher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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