Total Crime Rate

286.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 286.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.1 9/10
  • Other theft 35.8 10/10
  • Burglary 24.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.5 9/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.5 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Kings Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 926 local areas in Sunderland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Avenue (SR6 8DE) in the last 12 months was 286.5 per 1,000 residents and was 231.8% higher than the Fulwell average (86.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Avenue (SR6 8DE), the main crime hotspot is near Kings Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chichester Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kings Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kings Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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