Total Crime Rate
348.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nookside Court area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Pallion , and the 39th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nookside Court (SR4 8NU) in the last 12 months was 348.2 per 1,000 residents and was 364.2% higher than the Pallion average (75.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 89.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nookside Court (SR4 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glasbury Avenue, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Greenway (19 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 | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Glasbury Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nairn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nairn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stirling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hampstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hampstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollinside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nookside Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glasbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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