Total Crime Rate
211.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cato Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 127th 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 Cato Street (SR5 2LU) in the last 12 months was 211.0 per 1,000 residents and was 144.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 220.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 156.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 240.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 583.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cato Street (SR5 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Green, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norton Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fulwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Lord Gort Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lord Gort Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lord Gort Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Byron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The King'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lichfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lord Gort Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scoresby Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Faber Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Faber Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Goschen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goschen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goschen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ridley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Church View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lord Gort Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thistly Close | Under investigation |
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