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Postcode district · Sunderland

Crime in SR6

How much crime is recorded in SR6, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.

Council
Sunderland
Region
North East
Population
39,221 (2024)
Crime

How safe is SR6

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 23.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in SR6, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.

Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime

Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

Higher-harm
23.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
By type

What crime is recorded

Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).

SR6National
Shoplifting20.98.4
Violence and sexual offences15.623.6
Anti-social behaviour11.810.7
Burglary9.69.1
Criminal damage and arson5.14.7
Public order4.04.6
Other theft2.64.5
Other crime2.31.5
Vehicle crime2.33.5
Robbery1.91.4
Drugs1.72.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Theft from the person0.72.1
Trend

Higher-harm crime over time

The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.

Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
30
40
2022202320242025

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.

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