Total Crime Rate
39.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hexham Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Barnes , and the 278th lowest crime rate of 922 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 Hexham Road (SR4 8BN) in the last 12 months was 39.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.9% lower than the Barnes average (75.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hexham Road (SR4 8BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Broadway (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hart Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Harrow Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Henley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Broadmayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Broadmayne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helmsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huntley Square | Under investigation |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.