Total Crime Rate

35.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 35.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Burglary 8.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pickering Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Anne's , and the 191st lowest crime rate of 926 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 Pickering Road (SR4 9EE) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% lower than the St Anne's average (104.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pickering Road (SR4 9EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterford Green, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dartington Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pickering Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Putney Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geddes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Putney Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Partick Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dartington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petersfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penrose Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glanmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gatwick Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Presthope Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Gatwick Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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