Crime Rates at Clovelly Road, Sunderland, SR5 3LS

Clovelly Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Castle , and the 393rd 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 3LS) in the last 12 months was 79.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clovelly Road (SR5 3LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clovelly Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Borodin Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.