Total Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coley Terrace area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Fulwell , and the 31st 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 Coley Terrace (SR6 9HL) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% lower than the Fulwell average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coley Terrace (SR6 9HL), the main crime hotspot is near Sea Road. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sunderland| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ritson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friarage Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winifred Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvyn Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Thorburn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maud Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Laindon Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ormesby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingrove Avenue | Under investigation |
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