Total Crime Rate
121.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Herbert Terrace area has the 21st highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 236th 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 Herbert Terrace (SR5 1RL) in the last 12 months was 121.4 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% higher than the Fulwell average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 18.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Herbert Terrace (SR5 1RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haversham Park, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kentmere Avenue (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A184 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jefferson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jefferson Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grizedale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haversham Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haversham Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | — |
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