Total Crime Rate

30.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 30.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

St Margarets Avenue area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 146th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Margarets Avenue (SR5 3EH) in the last 12 months was 30.4 per 1,000 residents and was 76.0% lower than the Castle average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Avenue (SR5 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Laburnum Grove, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vicarage Court (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brabant Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brabant Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Laburnum Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laburnum Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Grove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hylton Castle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hylton Castle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernwill Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernwill Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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