Total Crime Rate

297.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 297.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 166.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 139.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.5 9/10
  • Public order 27.0 10/10
  • Drugs 18.0 10/10
  • Other crime 18.0 10/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Schimel Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 51st 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 Schimel Street (SR5 2HP) in the last 12 months was 297.3 per 1,000 residents and was 344.7% higher than the Fulwell average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 166.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Schimel Street (SR5 2HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The King'S Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Schimel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Ridley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting South Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs South Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Terrace
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 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Goschen Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Collingwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Collingwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Suddick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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