Total Crime Rate

49.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 49.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Fulwell Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in St Peter's , and the 285th lowest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fulwell Road (SR6 0JE) in the last 12 months was 49.0 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fulwell Road (SR6 0JE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Portobello Lane (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fulwell Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Portobello Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bright Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Moreland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Portobello Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Portobello Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Other theft Portobello Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portobello Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Portobello Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portobello Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portobello Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goalmouth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portobello Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Fulwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Francis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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