Crime Rates at Pitcairn Road, Sunderland, SR4 8ER

Pitcairn Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 443rd highest crime rate of 926 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 Pitcairn Road (SR4 8ER) in the last 12 months was 82.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pitcairn Road (SR4 8ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Polebrook Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Padgate Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.