Total Crime Rate
76.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clovelly Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 417th highest crime rate of 922 local areas in Sunderland .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clovelly Road (SR5 3LR) in the last 12 months was 76.4 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower than the Castle average (112.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clovelly Road (SR5 3LR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentford Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clovelly Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Washington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Canterbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corinthian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cook Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brisbane Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Corinthian Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayswater Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayswater Avenue | — |
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