Total Crime Rate

130.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.2 10/10
  • Public order 18.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.3 5/10
  • Other crime 9.3 9/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Hylton Lane area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Castle , and the 279th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hylton Lane (SR5 4DG) in the last 12 months was 130.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.6% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ).

In the area around Hylton Lane (SR5 4DG), the main crime hotspot is near Kildare Square. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hylton Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedale Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burke Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Brisbane Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsway Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodmin Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodmin Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bodmin Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bradshaw Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bradshaw Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kentucky Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kidderminster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burke Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kentucky Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bowness Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hylton Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Bowness Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kildare Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brisbane Street —
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Data Sources

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