Total Crime Rate

720.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

53.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 720.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 586.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 53.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 33.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Burglary 26.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Drugs 6.7 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bardolph Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 11th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bardolph Drive (SR5 2DE) in the last 12 months was 720.0 per 1,000 residents and was 976.9% higher than the Fulwell average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bardolph Drive (SR5 2DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goschen Street (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bardolph Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/45)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manx Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carley Hill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Collingwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Carley Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coldstream Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Coldstream Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Clarendon Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Manx Square —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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