Total Crime Rate
7.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Skiddaw Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 922 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 Skiddaw Drive (SR6 8PG) in the last 12 months was 7.5 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% lower than the Fulwell average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (β 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Skiddaw Drive (SR6 8PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haversham Park, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cumbrian Avenue (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Staveley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A184 | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jefferson Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jefferson Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haversham Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Haversham Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grizedale Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haversham Park | β |
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