Crime Rates at Newcastle Road, Sunderland, SR5 1JB

Newcastle Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 447th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newcastle Road (SR5 1JB) in the last 12 months was 81.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Fulwell average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newcastle Road (SR5 1JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wearmouth Street, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portobello Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.