Crime Rates at Rotherham Road, Sunderland, SR5 5QL

Rotherham Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Redhill , and the 345th highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rotherham Road (SR5 5QL) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% lower than the Redhill average (110.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rotherham Road (SR5 5QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raleigh Square, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Riga Square (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.