Total Crime Rate
120.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gilbert Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Anne's , and the 239th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gilbert Road (SR4 9QU) in the last 12 months was 120.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% higher than the St Anne's average (89.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 33.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gilbert Road (SR4 9QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glencoe Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chester 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 | Grenfell Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galashiels Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Greenock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Greenock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gleneagles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geddes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glencoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glencoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galashiels Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Guernsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gillingham Road | Under investigation |
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