Crime Statistics for Ayres Quay, Sunderland, Sunderland, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Ayres Quay in September 2024. There were a total of 754 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ayres Quay, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	234
Anti Social Behaviour	116
Criminal Damage Arson	75
Shoplifting	72
Burglary	52
Public Order	50
Other Theft	45
Vehicle Crime	34
Drugs	32
Other Crime	15
Robbery	11
Bicycle Theft	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Theft From The Person	5
All Crime	754

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ayres Quay. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Ayres Quay

We've taken the ten nearest places to Ayres Quay and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Ayres Quay has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Monkwearmouth (0.62 miles)	779
Ayres Quay	754
Millfield (0.62 miles)	704
Bishopwearmouth (0.62 miles)	679
Marley Pots (1.75 miles)	395
Carley Hill (1.39 miles)	384
Southwick (1.39 miles)	352
Pallion (1.24 miles)	345
Fulwell (1.24 miles)	322
Hendon (1.39 miles)	254

Where are the most violent places near Ayres Quay?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Ayres Quay and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Monkwearmouth	236
Ayres Quay	234
Millfield	217
Bishopwearmouth	204
Pallion	188
Marley Pots	157
Carley Hill	131
Southwick	115
Fulwell	90
Hendon	76

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Ayres Quay?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Ayres Quay to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Ayres Quay compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ayres Quay and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Ayres Quay is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Hendon	92
2	Millfield	91
3	Southwick	77
4	Pallion	76
5	St Michael's	75
6	St Anne's	72
7	Barnes	71
8	Castle	63
9	St Peter's	62
10	Silksworth	60
11	Fulwell	39

Which road in Ayres Quay has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Ayres Quay with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.