Total Crime Rate
251.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025This area has the 11th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 95th 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 This (SR5 2ND) in the last 12 months was 251.1 per 1,000 residents and was 190.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 114.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around postcode SR5 2ND, 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 | Emsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Emsworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kismet Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Edinburgh Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ridley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thistly Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Church View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gordon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gordon Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Taylor Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norton Road | 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 | Goschen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bardolph Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cato Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatterton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Scoresby Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Faber Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Julius Caesar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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