Total Crime Rate

135.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 135.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Roker Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in St Peter's , and the 256th 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 Roker Avenue (SR6 0BA) in the last 12 months was 135.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% higher than the St Peter's average (135.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 475.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 525.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roker Avenue (SR6 0BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wearmouth Street, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dixon'S Square (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Roker Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Monk Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Monk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Whickham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Monk Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wearmouth Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Dixon'S Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wearmouth Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wearmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wearmouth Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wearmouth Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dixon'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Dixon'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dixon'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dixon'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dixon'S Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dixon'S Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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