Total Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hylton Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 351st lowest crime rate of 922 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 Hylton Road (SR4 8AB) in the last 12 months was 49.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Pallion average (75.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hylton Road (SR4 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Friar Square, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Henley Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priestman Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Field Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Huntley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Huntley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hainford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haydon Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harrow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henley Road | Under investigation |
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