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

Seafields 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 Seafields (SR6 8PQ) 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 Seafields (SR6 8PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seafields, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Druridge Avenue (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seafields area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seafields Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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