Total Crime Rate

108.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 108.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 31.5 10/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Newcastle Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 340th highest crime rate of 926 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 Newcastle Road (SR5 1NB) in the last 12 months was 108.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher than the Fulwell average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newcastle Road (SR5 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Montague Street, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bartram Street (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Newcastle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Montague Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newcastle Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Zion Terrace —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Honister Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newhaven Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Newbridge Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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