Total Crime Rate

211.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 211.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Cato 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cato Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lord Gort Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lord Gort Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lord Gort Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edinburgh Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Byron Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The King'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cato Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cato Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cato Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Lichfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Norton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lord Gort Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Norton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Scoresby Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Faber Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Faber Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Goschen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goschen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goschen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ridley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Church View Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Green
Sep 2025Drugs Lord Gort Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistly Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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